“This pow­er­ful and win­ning pic­ture book tells the sto­ry of a young man over­com­ing the odds…. This uplift­ing account will res­onate with read­ers and sup­ple­ment glob­al and cul­tur­al stud­ies. A tri­umph.” (School Library Jour­nal, starred review)

“…[S]imple line draw­ings and styl­ish, expres­sive fig­ures filled with lay­ers of rich, warm col­or on pale, thick­ly paint­ed backgrounds—capture Emmanuel’s tri­umphs beau­ti­ful­ly.” (Book­list)

“Thompson…presents a warm, mat­ter-of-fact overview of the life of Emmanuel Ofo­su Yeboah… [while] Qualls pro­vides sol­id visu­al and emo­tion­al scaf­fold­ing for the set­backs and tri­umphs Yeboah faced.” (Pub­lish­ers Week­ly)