Tererai Trent

Book for primary or early intermediate. A young girl who grew up in a time where being a women and going to school wasn't possible. She didn't care she learned to read and write and then later became a teacher for her little town. Great book for history lesson in my classroom.

This autobiography recounts the author’s childhood in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and her dreams of education. After earning three degrees in the United States, she returns home to provide an education for young girls and boys. Dear Reader, Afterword

This book was about a little girl who defied the odds of her time. Girls didn't go to school, only the boys. But when her brother taught her to read everything changed. She started dreaming about going to school in America to get a degree or two or three and returning to her hometown to teach her village all she knows. It was a very inspiring and uplifting book and kids all over could benefit from it. Have dreams and set goals always, and achieve them, That's exactly what the little girl did.