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001 2012955581
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008 121211s2013 onca j 000 1 eng d
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020 $a9781770493018 (hbk.)
020 $a1770493018 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn825047120
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050 00 $aPZ7.W17129$bMy 2013
082 04 $ajC813/.54$223
100 1 $aWalters, Eric,$d1957-
245 10 $aMy name is Blessing /$cwritten by Eric Walters ; illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes.
260 $aToronto :$bTundra Books,$cc2013.
300 $a1 v. (unpaged) :$bcol. ill. ;$c28 cm.
530 $aIssued also in electronic format.
520 $aBased on a true story about a young Kenyan boy whose mother left him but had named him Muthini which meant suffering because he was born with no fingers on his left hand and only two on his right. Many times he was made fun of or avoided which hurt him deeply. He lives with his very elderly grandmother, his Nyanya, along with many cousins whose parents had either died or left them. They are extremely poor and there is never enough money or food, but plenty of love. A difficult choice must be made and Muthini is the youngest child and needs to have a better chance in life, so his Nyanya takes him to an orphanage where he is blessed and his name is changed to Baraka which means blessing for he was a blessing just as his grandmother always knew.
650 0 $aOrphanages$zKenya$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 $aOrphans$zKenya$vJuvenile fiction.
650 1 $aOrphanages$zKenya$vFiction.
650 1 $aOrphans$zKenya$vFiction.
700 1 $aFernandes, Eugenie,$d1943-$eill.