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Children of the quicksands / Efua Traoré.

Traoré, Efua, (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781338781922
  • ISBN: 1338781928
  • Physical Description: 285 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Chicken House : 2022.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
720L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5 7 515558.
Subject:
Teenage girls > Juvenile fiction.
Family secrets > Juvenile fiction.
Imaginary places > Juvenile fiction.
Nigeria > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fantasy fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 21 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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