One Shadow on the Wall Holidays & Celebrations - Other Non Religious • 2015 IRA Notable Books

• 2015 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society long-listed

In this classic of modern children's literature

where his chores await him

Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin

One Shadow on the Wall Holidays & Celebrations - Other Non Religious • 2015 IRA Notable BooksAn orphaned boy in contemporary Senegal must decide between doing what is right and what is easy as he struggles to keep a promise he made to his dying father in this stirring (School Library Journal) middle grade debut novel laced with magical realism. Eleven year old Mor was used to hearing his fathers voice, even if no one else could since his fathers death. It was comforting. It was also a reminder that Mor had made a promise to his father before