An outstanding example of human determination, victory and resourcefulness This book celebrates the long educational journey a shepherd immigrant has made from illiteracy to erudition in a very short time. One day the fourteen-year-old shepherd returns home from the pasture and finds that a torn letter has reached his village, urging them to leave for Jerusalem. This short note entirely changes his life, but the sudden departure for Israel separates him from his beloved and wise elderly relative forever. When the shepherd reaches Jerusalem, he rejoices in the opportunity to start formal schooling for the first time at the age of fifteen. This fact does not prevent this former shepherd from becoming an officer in his new homeland's army and from earning a degree in English literature. How do Israelis accept him? What is it like being an African immigrant? And what does displacement really mean? In this unique book, readers learn how to handle hardships and to take their own difficulties proportionally. They get tremendously inspired and find practical ways to learn a new language.