Praise Song for the Butterflies Ages 12 and up and rise up to change

and rise up to change the world

drawing on letters and diaries

and she doesn’t expect

and written from Hurston's perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century

Praise Song for the Butterflies Ages 12 and up and rise up to changeAbeo Kata lives a comfortable, happy life in West Africa as the privileged nine year old daughter of a government employee and stay at home mother. But when the Katas' idyllic lifestyle takes a turn for the worse, Abeo's father, following his mother's advice, places the girl in a religious shrine, hoping that the sacrifice of his daughter will serve as atonement for the crimes of his ancestors. Unspeakable acts befall Abeo for the fifteen years she is