Author:
Walters, Eric, 1957-
Imprint:Toronto : Tundra Books, 2013.
Description1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Note:Based on a true story about a young Kenyan boy whose mother left him but had named him Muthini which meant suffering, because he had no fingers on his left hand and only two fingers on his right. Many times he was made fun of and avoided which hurt him deeply. He lives with his very elderly grandmother, his Nyanya, along with many cousins whose parents had either died or left them. They are extremely poor and there is never enough money or food, but plenty of love. A difficult choice must be made and Muthini is the youngest child, and needs to have a better chance at life, so his Nyanya takes him to an orphanage where he is blessed and his name is changed to Baraka which means blessing just as his grandmother always knew.
