Journal Entry 1 by KathyB25 from Arlington, Texas USA on Friday, June 27, 2008

Advanced Readers Copy - paperback - 2007

Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger, and disease. Her intentions are honorable, and her rules are firm: due to the limited number of donated books, if any one of them is not returned, the bookmobile will not return.

But, encumbered by her Western values, Fi does not understand the people she seeks to help. And in the impoverished small community of Mididima, she finds herself caught in the middle of a volatile local struggle when the bookmobile's presence sparks a dangerous feud between the proponents of modernization and those who fear the loss of traditional ways. 

Journal Entry 2 by KathyB25 from Arlington, Texas USA on Wednesday, July 02, 2008

On it's way to BooksForever who won it in the US Only Swap on BookObsessed 

Journal Entry 3 by booksforever08 from Chandler, Arizona USA on Sunday, July 13, 2008

Received from KathyB in the US Only swap at bookobsessed. Looks like a good one, I will be reading soon and will probably use in a future US only swap. 

Journal Entry 4 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Monday, September 15, 2008

Thanks so much, booksforever! I received this as I'm the September member in the RMTBRBB exchange at bookobsessed.com

I've had my eye on this book for a very long time. You made my day!