| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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age Children |
| Note |
"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jacket flap. |
| Summary |
In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements--Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth--is captured and taken to America as a slave. |
| Awards |
Coretta Scott King Honor, Author, 2012. |
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ALA children's award. |
| Note |
"Manufactured in China"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
The Griot's prelude -- Dinga, the blacksmith -- A father's journey begins -- The mother elements -- The presentation -- The naming -- Musafa -- Beware -- Musafa becomes an apprentice -- Gone -- The search -- Earth's answer -- Fire flares -- Fire's ordeal -- Water's pursuit -- Water's tale -- Wind's chance -- Wind's saga -- Recognition -- The celebration -- Comes the silence -- Author's note. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
| Subject |
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Families. |
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Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
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Slavery. |
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Four elements (Philosophy) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Four elements (Philosophy) |
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Blacksmiths -- Juvenile fiction.
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Blacksmiths. |
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Black people -- Mali -- Juvenile fiction.
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Black people. |
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Mali. |
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African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans. |
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Novels in verse.
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Novels in verse. |
| Genre/Form |
Novels in verse.
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Novels.
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Dillon, Leo, illustrator.
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Dillon, Diane, illustrator.
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Schwartz & Wade Books, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9780375843846 |
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0375843841 |
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0375944532 (glb) |
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9780375944536 (glb) |
| Standard No. |
9780375843846 51899 |
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