My heart will not sit down /

Rockliff, Mara.

My heart will not sit down / by Mara Rockliff ; illustrations by Ann Tanksley. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

In 1931 Cameroon, young Kedi is upset to learn that children in her American teacher's village of New York are going hungry because of the Great Depression, and she asks her mother, neighbors, and even the headman for money to help. Includes historical notes.

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Charity--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.


Cameroon--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951--Juvenile fiction.

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