Barley Fields on the Other Side of the Mountain

Sixteen-year-old Pema lives in the remote mountains of Tibet. For generations, her family has farmed their barley fields in peace. But when the Chinese authorities take Pema’s father away, her world is shattered. A Buddhist nun from the local nunnery walks into Pema’s life and invites her to join a group of locals escaping Chinese persecution by walking over the Himalayas and into India. Pema is torn: Can she leave her mother, grandmother, and younger siblings at her time of crisis? Does she have the right - or the courage - to join her friend and seek a new life for herself?