The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can: A True Story

Tererai Trent

The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can: A True Story
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Country
United States
Published
1 February 2016
Pages
40
ISBN
9780670016549

The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can: A True Story

Tererai Trent

The true story of a littlegirl who made an impossible dream achievable.

This is the story of alittlegirl withbigdreams.

All the girl ever wanted was an education. But in Rhodesia, education for girls was nearly impossible. So she taught herself to read and write with her brother’s schoolbooks and to count while watching cattle graze.

When the girl became a young wife and mother, she wrote her goals on a scrap of paper and buried them in a can-an ancient ritual that reminded her that she couldn’t give up on her dreams.

She dreamed of going to America and earning one degree; then a second, even higher; and a third, the highest. And she hoped to bring education to all the girls and boys of her village.

Would her dreams ever come true?

Illustrated with Jan Spivey Gilchrist’s graceful watercolors, Dr. Tererai Trent’s true story of perseverance is sure to inspire readers of all ages.

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