Another amazing and inspiring book. For the past two decades refugees from all over the world have been relocated in Clarkston, Georgia, a small, traditional Southern town outside of Atlanta. Imagine the cultural clash when families from Sudan, Iraq, Congo, Afghanistan and more than 50 other countries move to a conservative town that spans one square mile.
Luma Mufleh, an Afghan woman who moved to the U.S. to attend Smith College, sees the need for a support system for these child refugees and starts a boys soccer program: The Fugees. The program saves many boys while also witnessing the loss of others. Luma is a coach, a mother, a mentor, a savior. As her team manager said, "No one person can do everything, but we can all do something." How poignant. This book will definitely be on my class list this fall.
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