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Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together

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By Herb Shoveller
Publisher Kids Can Press, Limited
Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together
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It costs a lot of money to build a well in Africa a lot more than Ryan Hreljac had thought. Still, the six year old kept doing chores around his parents house, even after he learned it could take him years to earn enough money. Then a friend of the family wrote an article in the local newspaper about Ryans wish to build a well to supply people with safe, clean water. Before long, ripples of goodwill began spreading. People started sending money to help pay for Ryans well. Ryan was interviewed on television. His dream of a well became an international news story. In Agweo, Uganda, villagers were used to walking a long way every day in search of water. What they found was often brown and smelly and made a lot of people sick. But when Ryans well was built, life in the village changed for the better. A young orphan named Akana Jimmy longed for a chance to thank Ryan in person for this gift of life clean water. When they finally meet, an unbreakable bond unites these boys from very different backgrounds, and a long and sometimes lifethreatening journey begins.

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11007 words11,007 words
56 pages56 pages
Lexile 810LLexile 810L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 2006Published 2006

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9781553379676

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