One Thousand Hills

Set in Agabande, Rwanda, in April 1994, this is a heart-wrenching young adult novel about how one young boy's life was forever changed during the Rwandan genocide. The story follows Pascal, a ten-year-old boy whose life is simple and good, going to school and church with his family and friends. However, his world is starting to crumble as whispers and suspicious glances circulate, and messages of hate are heard on the radio, leading some people to leave. In one awful night, Pascal's ordinary life in the land of one thousand hills is turned upside down by the homicidal madness that descends upon his country. The novel is related through the voice of Pascal as he recounts the events to a counsellor, and it is based in part on the experiences of co-author Noël Zihabamwe, a survivor of the genocide. It tells an important story of the awful consequences of unfettered prejudice in the modern world.

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