The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland

The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland

The astounding story of one girls journey from war victim to UNICEF Special Representative.

As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry.

But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Heavily armed rebel soldiers, many no older than children themselves, attacked and tortured Mariatu. During this brutal act of senseless violence they cut off both her hands.

Stumbling through the countryside, Mariatu miraculously survived. The sweet taste of a mango, her first food after the attack, reaffirmed her desire to live, but the challenge of clutching the fruit in her bloodied arms reinforced the grim new reality that stood before her. With no parents or living adult to support her and living in a refugee camp, she turned to begging in the streets of Freetown.

As told to her by Mariatu, journalist Susan McClelland has written the heartbreaking true story of the brutal attack, its aftermath and Mariatus eventual arrival in Toronto where she began to pull together the pieces of her broken life with courage, astonishing resilience and hope.

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[volgg]

she's an amazing person, she just recently visited my school for the AP conference!!

[AnnickPress]

Glad you were able to meet her!

[guitarboyab5]

I read this book and it was so intense. I loved it

[EmiryEmily]

This book is amazing, it's the best book i ever read and honestly i really recommend it, it brought me to tears and made me stronger mentally and am so thankful for people lie her in this world :)

[alwaysclosed]

this book was just absolutely amazing. i really recommend it.

[ChrisandPoblo]

i have meet her

[Diya219]

@volgg she came to my school too!!

[Diya219]

Mariatu came to my school last week!!she is an amazing person!!

[Technotricity]

This book was touching. <3

[RemixxReverse]

Mariatou, I met her at school! she was my teacher mr.conteh;s cousin, well her aunt adopted maritou:) she is pretty and nice:)

I support u maritou:D

[fronswah08]

Me Sista, I have nothing but LOVE for you ya?

You are an inspiration...Keep on going!

[adfaad]

I met Mariatu at our school. I had read her book before that and when I saw her I wept and wept and wept but she was just her sweet self, she is a great and beautiful young lady.