When a book is written it is often written to show a message. The message of this book would be dedication. The reason dedication is the message of this book is because Mawi (the protagonist) has to fight through challenges to finally achieve what he wants. He faces all sorts of struggles starting with being born in sudan and raised in a refugee camp for part of his early life. Mawis family moves to america and they tell him he could go to any college he wants with a scholarship. Mawi sees this goal and tries to reach it but he faces all sorts of difficult situation that will test is dedication. For example, one of these problems is bullying, at school mawi and tewolde (his brother) are beaten in the yard by fellow classmates. This eventually