Clare Morneau's new book, Kakuma Girls, is the byproduct of a pen-pal initiative she started. but it’s not my specialty either.” That was 17-year-old Clare Morneau — fresh as an Aveeno Girl, sporting a pair of Converse sneaks — defending her honour in the add-and-subtract department. At a point when many teenagers are swamped with the arduous task of taking selfies, here’s one Havergal student who just launched her first book, Kakuma Girls. Or maybe just call her the newly-named UN Global Youth ambassador for refugee issues (the youth counterpart, sort of, to the role that Angelina Jolie holds). I also like getting postcards,” she ventured when pressed about the somewhat-antiquated idea of pen-pal’ing that formed the bedrock of her book.

Source: thestar October 09, 2016 23:03 UTC