Over a Thousand Hills, I Walk with You

Over a Thousand Hills, I Walk with You by Hanna Jansen, 2003 Carolrhoda Books

     In 1994 Rwanda, Jeanne d'Arc Umubyeyi is a girl just like any other. But when the political and racial turmoil races though her country Jeanne is the only member of her Tutsi family to survive the genocide. She flees to her mother's home village and discovers two sisters who also wish to escape. The girls find protection and a path from their turbulent homeland with the rebellion forces.
     Written by her adopted mother, Over a Thousand Hills, I Walk with You is Jeanne's story of escape. The story is written in verse, based on the young woman's own words to describe the terror she witnessed. While passionately descriptive, Jeanne's story may be beyond younger readers' grasp.