| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
358 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Ex-mas feast -- Fattening for Gabon -- What language is that? -- Luxurious hearses -- My parents' bedroom. |
| Summary |
A collection of five long stories set in war-torn Africa. "An Ex-mas Feast" tells the heartbreaking story of eight-year-old Jigana, a Kenyan boy whose 12-year-old sister, Maisha, works as a prostitute to support her family. In "Luxurious Hearses," Jubril, a teenage Muslim, flees the violence in northern Nigeria. Attacked by his own Muslim neighbors, his only way out is on a bus transporting Christians to the south. In "Fattening for Gabon," 10-year-old Kotchikpa and his younger sister are sent by their sick parents to live with their uncle, Fofo Kpee, who in turn explains to the children that they are going to live with their prosperous "godparents," who, as Kotchikpa pieces together, are actually human traffickers. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 15.0 128867. |
| Subject |
Children -- Africa -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780316113786 |
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0316113786 |
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9780316086363 |
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