The Red Pencil

Andrea Davis Pinkney's red pencil is about refugees, wars, and lost stories. But from the perspective of a girl named Amira, it has a wonderful story through free poetry.

Amira lives with his family in Sudan. She is only 12 years old. Amira loves these trivial things, such as the best branch to take dirt off. When her best friend left to go to school, she also wanted her to be able to go to school, but even so, her optimism was barely upset.

She did not blind the world around her. Amira noticed the fear of their parents' face, and extremist groups threatened the whispers of the people of the area. When they attacked their village, her shining little life was separated, killing people near her and everyone was forced to carry something with them

The story seems dark, but Amira's creativity and power can alleviate sorrow. You can not be positive at camp. She found wandering over the hedgehog, a game for toddlers, and most importantly what attracted attention to the red pencils the tourists gave her.

Her mother insisted that education was useless, but soon he got a secret reading and writing course. She found a letter as fun as a picture and found the beauty of simple curves of O and A.

Red pencil is an important book showing the reality of war to the middle readers through the eyes of fellows. This tone hits the perfect balance between harsh reality and optimism. It does not give back anything, but the way to filter sorrow and fear makes it not only acceptable but also attractive

The second part of the red pencil explains the desire and healing of her long life from refugee camp life and silent silence (she stops talking). The rescuer gave her a red pencil to help her take her journey back. Whether Amira can achieve her hope of attending school is an unresolved issue. At the end of the book "Author's Memo", Davis Pinkney gives the background stories of the book. Her violence in Darfur was particularly true to her, as she traveled in Africa and visited many African schools. Interview with people who experienced news coverage and violent cases After receiving pencils and tablets, how did the girl's real stories gradually reconnect with the surrounding world

On my trip to the Lebanon refugee camp, Lawrence van den Boer, the founder of Red Pencil, was shocked by the violence she saw with her children. "When a child takes a ball and another child seizes it, they sometimes will throw stones to each other," she said. In the strait Times article, she explained that the children showed their anger and fear, were excited about each other, and imitated the violence they saw from adults. This emotional trauma is the reason that Mrs Vandeborre founded the charity called The Red Pencil in 2011. Five of the team members in 2015 come from Singapore, the other six from the United States and Australia. Mrs. Van der Boer saw the sufferings of families and children in the Islamic State (ISIS) of Iraq and Syria, and she wanted to help the treatment process. She has seen the benefits of art therapy in Singapore and other areas, and she knows that she might benefit from these traumatized children.

By the end of the nineteenth century the United States used more than 240,000 pencils a day. The most popular pencil tree is fragrant, it is red cedar because it does not break even if it is sharpened. In the early twentieth century, supply of red cedars gradually decreased, so pencil manufacturers were forced to collect wood from cedar fences and barns to maintain supply. Aromatherapy Cedar was immediately found to be an appropriate substitute if it is dyed with aroma and resembles red cedar. Most of today's pencils are made from this tree raised in managed forests. More than 14 billion pencils are produced every year worldwide. Replacement items of less popular cedar include eucalyptus and elm