'' The Weaver 's Scar : For Our Rwanda '' is the first young adult novel written in English and for an American audience that deals directly with the Rwandan genocide of 1994 . It was written by Brian Crawford and published in 2013 by Royal Fireworks Press , the novel was the recipient of the 2014 Skipping Stones Honor Award for Multicultural and International Books ; VOYA Magazine also awarded the novel a place in its 2014 Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers . '' The Weaver 's Scar '' received praise from experts , established authors , '' Africa Access '' , and '' The School Library Journal '' . The novel relates the story of Faustin , a Tutsi teen who is forced to flee the mounting ethnic violence with Déo , an unlikely friend
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
The Weaver's Scar: For Our Rwanda