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OF BEETLES & ANGELS: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard

Mawi Asgedom, Mawi, , ed. by Dave Berger. . Little, Brown/Tingley, $9.95 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-316-82620-4

In 1983, at age seven, the author and his family arrived in this country, having fled the Eritrean and Ethiopian conflict. "This earnest account of Asgedom's life up to his graduation from Harvard is peppered with powerful moments," wrote PW. Ages 10-up. (Sept.)