by Elsabet Ademe.
Based on factual events of the dangerous journey of human trafficking
Behind Sunrise tells the story of the bright, positive and ferociously determined, Sarah Belay, a sixteen-year-old Ethiopian girl with big dreams. She wants to travel to Europe to pursue the arts. However, her family is dead set against it.
She hears the man who drives her to school talk about human smuggling, and a few weeks later, she leaves her home to embark on a journey that dramatically changes her life.
With little information from her transporters, Sarah travels the perilous off-road paths toward Sudan in the care of suspicious and increasingly cruel men. The battle for survival brings out the worst in some, and the incredibly good in others as a bond forms between some of the travelers.
Arriving in Sudan, Sarah finds work and saves money for what she believes is the most dangerous leg of the journey – the long trek through the Sahara Desert and into Libya. The passage, however, is a nightmare far worse than anything she could have imagined.
Abandoned by the smugglers in a vast barrenness, the friends hire a local Libyan smuggler to get them to Tripoli. Instead, he takes them to the middle of the desert and into even more life-threatening dangers.
About the Author
Elsabet Ademe was born in Bahir Dar. As a teenager, she embarked on the most dangerous journey of her life – traveling the treacherous smugglers’ route toward the West. Travelling as an illegal immigrant, she lived and worked in several countries to save money towards making it to the United States. Persistence made that dream come true. She became a U.S. citizen and established a career in acting, writing, producing and casting.
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