Say You're One of Them

from rainpebble

Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan Say You're One of Them is a powerful collection of short stories. Told from the perspective of young children the collection takes us into the brutality of the children's lives in Africa. Each story is a slow awakening to unbelievable horrors for both the chil...

from bookfest

Some books will tell you stories, truths, you would rather not know. This is one. Say You're One of Them is a series of stories about the horrors of Africa told through the eyes of children. The first two stories were the most moving. "An Ex-mas Feast" portrays the destruction of a family as a 12...

from BillPilgrim

I got this book out of the library when I read on line that Oprah was scheduled to announce her next book club selection in a few weeks, and it looked like it was going to be this one, based on some clues that had been revealed. It was on the shelf in my local library. When I tried to renew it af...

from BillPilgrim

I got this book out of the library when I read on line that Oprah was scheduled to announce her next book club selection in a few weeks, and it looked like it was going to be this one, based on some clues that had been revealed. It was on the shelf in my local library. When I tried to renew it af...

from MaryC22

A powerful collection of short stories told through the eyes of children living in different countries in Africa. Each story left me speechless. In America, where we can find hope if we are looking, it's hard to imagine a place that is filled with such hopelessness. But in the face of such advers...