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Will the truth harm them -- or save them? When Nigeria's corrupt military government kills their mother, twelve-year-old Sade and her brother Femi think their lives are over. Out of fear for their safety, their father, an outspoken journalist, decides to smuggle the children out of Nigeria... read more
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Characters edit
- Folasade "Sade" Solaja: Young Nigerian girl.
- Olufemi "Femi" Solaja: Sade's younger brother.
Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
SADE IS SLIPPING HER ENGLISH BOOK into her schoolbag when Mama screams.
Glossary edit
- agbada: A robe for a man, usually embroidered (Yoruba)
- aso-oke: A wrap and blouse made from special cloth hand-woven with gold or silver thread (Yoruba)
- Ayo: A wooden board game with sunken cups, played with pebbles.
- buba: A blouse for a woman
- egungun: A traditional Yoruba festival - a masquerade where masked dancers and drummers call on spirits of their ancestors to return to earth and bless them.
- iwin: Sprites or spirits believed to live in forests (Yoruba)
- Iyawo: A wife or a bride, partner of 'Oko' (Yoruba)
- naira: Nigerian currency.
- Oko: Husband, partner of 'Iyawo' (Yoruba)
- pawpaw: A fruit with fort bright-orange flesh and small black seeds (also known as papaya)
- Yoruba: The language of the second-largest group in Nigeria.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Beverley Naidoo (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0060296291
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0060296291
Page Count: 272
Awards edit
- Carnegie Medal (2000)
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award (2002)
- Guardian Award (Finalist, 2001, Longlist)
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Social Situations › Values › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › Siblings › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › Fiction › Africa
- Books › Teens › History & Historical Fiction › Historical Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Literature
- Books › Teens › Social Issues
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