Meskerem was born in a small town in the Golan Heights of Israel, to an Ethiopian mother and an American father. Soon after Operation Solomon, when several thousand Ethiopian immigrants were brought to Israel, Meskerem’s parents decided to move to the center of the country, to the town of Herzelia. Meskerem comes face-to-face with the ignorance and prejudices of her new classmates, many of whom are meeting someone dark-skinned for the first time. With the help of her Ethiopian grandmother, who remained in Kazerin, Meskerem comes to terms with who she is and finds strength in belonging to three different cultures.

• ISBN: 9781541546714
• Author: Shmuel, Naomi
• Illustrator: Katz, Avi
• Published: 2020 , Kar-Ben Publishing
• Themes: Emigration and immigration, Prejudice and racism, School life
• Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Israel, Middle East
• No. of pages: 96