Children of the quicksands / Efua Traoré.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Chicken House : Scholastic Inc., 2022Copyright date: ©2021Description: 285 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781338781922
- 1338781928
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | TRAORE EFUA | Checked out | 07/15/2024 | 33111010992671 | |||
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | TRAORE EFUA | Available | 33111010865653 | ||||
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Northport Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | TRAORE EFUA | Available | 33111009441482 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A richly imagined magical adventure set in West Africa by a prize-winning new voice in children's writing, Children of the Quicksands introduces readers to Yoruba myths and legends while showcasing the wealth of culture, traditions, adventure, joy, pride, and love found in Nigeria.
In a remote Nigerian village, thirteen-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret. Ajao is nothing like Lagos -- no cells phones, no running water or electricity. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of birds and animals rustling in the dark forest outside. Her witchlike grandmother dispenses advice and herbal medicine to the village, but she's tight lipped about their family history. Something must have happened, but what?
Determined to find out, Simi disobeys her grandmother and goes exploring only to find herself sinking in the red quicksand of a forbidden lake and into the strange parallel world that lies beneath. It must have been a dream... right?
Wrong. Something isn't right. Children are disappearing and it's up to Simi to discover the truth.
Disobeying her witch-like grandmother when she becomes desperate to uncover a family secret, thirteen-year-old Simi goes exploring outside her remote Nigerian village where she discovers a strange parallel world after sinking into the red quicksand of a forbidden lake that holds the key to everything.