The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
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The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The door of no return
Responsibility statement
Kwame Alexander
Summary
YA. Issues. Family Stories. Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. He has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, West Africa, where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama and, of course, swimming. But when the unthinkable, a sudden death occurs during a festival between rival villages, Kofi ends up in a fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves. Yet Kofi's dreams may be the key to his freedom12 yrs+
Target audience
adolescent
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