TY - BOOK AU - Pinkney,Andrea Davis AU - Evans,Shane TI - The red pencil SN - 9780316247825 AV - PZ7.5.P56 Re 2015 U1 - F PIN 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown and Co. KW - Refugees KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Fiction KW - Black people KW - Sudan KW - Novels in verse KW - lcgft N1 - School Library Journal starred, July 2014; Booklist starred, October 2014; Pub Weekly, August 2014; Kirkus Starred, September 2014; New York Times, November 2014; Horn Book, April 2015; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2014; Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2014; 5.3; 3-6; HL620L; Lexile; Y; Fountas N2 - After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder ER -