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Hope is our only wing

After her journalist-father's mysterious death in 2008, fifteen-year-old Shamiso must leave England for boarding school in Zimbabwe, where she and Tanyaradzwa, who is fighting cancer, form an unexpected friendship.

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Main Author:	Tavengerwei, Rutendo (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Soho Teen, [2019]
Subjects:	Friendship > Young adult fiction. Grief > Young adult fiction. Sick > Young adult fiction. Boarding schools > Young adult fiction. Schools > Young adult fiction. Political corruption > Young adult fiction. Zimbabwe > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:	After her journalist-father's mysterious death in 2008, fifteen-year-old Shamiso must leave England for boarding school in Zimbabwe, where she and Tanyaradzwa, who is fighting cancer, form an unexpected friendship.
Physical Description:	207 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9781641290722 1641290722
Author Notes:	Rutendo Nomsa Tavengerwei grew up in Zimbabwe before moving to South Africa to study law. One of her greatest influences in writing remains her father, who tutored her from the age of nine, teaching her how to write and how to play around with language when telling a story. Rutendo currently works and lives in Geneva, Switzerland. Hope Is Our Only Wing is her debut novel.