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Say you're one of them / Uwem Akpan.
Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays tribute to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday. A Rwandan girl relates her family's struggle to maintain a facade of normalcy amid unspeakable acts. A young brother and sister cope with their uncle's attempt to sell them into slavery. Aboard a bus filled with refugees-a microcosm of today's Africa-a Muslim boy summons his faith to bear a treacherous ride across Nigeria. Through the eyes of childhood friends, the emotional toll of religious conflict in Ethiopia becomes viscerally clear.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780349120638 (pk Abacus UK)
- ISBN: 9780316113786 (hdc)
- ISBN: 9780316086370 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0316113786
- ISBN: 9780316086363 (hc.)
- ISBN: 0316086371 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0316086363
- ISBN: 9780316086363 (hc)
- ISBN: 9780316113786
- Physical Description: 358 p. : map ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- An ex-mas feast -- Fattening for Gabon -- What language is that? -- Luxurious hearses -- My parents' bedroom.
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