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"GABBRA is a beautiful story – more
than a treat. I absolutely loved it!"
Milly
Bird
Penticton
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BC
"This book was great – thrilling
to the last. Young adults will read GABBRA’S SONG and
enjoy it tremendously. My compliments to Jane Volden – she
really made it work!"
Kirsten
Lisa Schmid
Grade
8,
Shuswap
Middle School
, Salmon Arm, BC
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GABBRA'S
SONG centres on Riley Forbes, a dynamic Canadian teenager
and budding photojournalist. She is virtually abandoned
by her father (an international aid worker) for a two-week
spell in northern Kenya, living as a Borana tribeswoman,
facing the challenges of strange food, odd clothes, and
nomadic tribal life.
Gabbra and Nagya, the daughter and
son of the Borana chief, return with Riley to Vancouver,
to complete their education and experience their own culture
shock. Riley is swept into a bittersweet relationship with
Nagya, the strong, roguish warrior, and Gabbra falls in
love with a boy forbidden to her if she were at home. Most
importantly, Riley has a vision: an urgent fundraising
project in her hometown to raise money for irrigation equipment
for her friend’s
village in northern Kenya.
Read
an excerpt.
Take a look at photos from the book
page 1, page
2, page 3.
"A fast-paced
and moving story filled with discovery, truth, and mystery.
Riley sees and experiences change in a country entirely
new and strange to her. Suspenseful and powerful, GABBRA’S
SONG is a fascinating book!"
Sierra Komar
Grade 7, KVR Middle School
Penticton, BC
Volden Dedicates First Novel to World's Water-Poor People
Northern Kenya, currently reeling from a succession of failed
rains, is experiencing the worst drought in 20 years. Poor
rainfall in October, 2006 provided little hope of improvement
for nomadic pastoralists who are still dependent on underground
wells.
Determined to make a difference, Volden is donating
a percentage of her book sales* to Ryan's Well Foundation,
Ontario (www.ryanswell.ca Reg.
88858-7110-RR001).
This Canadian organization has made a
difference in the lives of over 300,000 people in developing
countries by restoring and building over 225 wells, and providing
entire communities with clean water and health-related services.
* First cheque sent to Ryan’s Well Foundation
in April, 2007
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