Running the Rift

by Naomi Benaron

Book Overview

Running the Rift follows the progress of Jean Patrick Nkuba from the day he knows that running will be his life to the moment he must run to save his life. A naturally gifted athlete, he sprints over the thousand hills of Rwanda and dreams of becoming his country's first Olympic medal winner in track. But Jean Patrick is a Tutsi in a world that has become increasingly restrictive and violent for his people. As tensions mount between the Hutu...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616201940
• ISBN13: 9781616201944
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.2"