Our artist Judie Oron has just published her book “Cry of the Giraffe“.

 ‘Cry of the Giraffe,’ (Annick Press, August, 2010), is based on the story of an Ethiopian Jewish teenager named Wuditu*, who, together with her younger sister, Lewteh*, was separated from her family in a violent incident in a refugee camp in Sudan.  While the two young girls were being forcibly returned to Ethiopia, the rest of their family members were rescued from the refugee camp and flown via a secret airlift to Israel. 

Circumstances forced the two girls to separate. Lewteh* survived and was reunited with her family.  Alone at 13 years old, Wuditu* struggled to find work and a way back to her family but was unwittingly trapped into slavery. The book tells of her fight to stay alive in wartorn Ethiopia, until a stranger unexpectedly came to free her.

You can now purchase the book at Amazon, as well as other stores such as Indigo, Chapters and Borders.

Visit Judie’s website for more information about the book, the author, upcoming events and more.