Pub Date: December 30, 2019
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.30" H x 7.30" L x 5.00" W ( 0.15 lbs) 112 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Africa | Places | Social Themes | Prejudice Racism and Colorism | Family | Siblings | Parents | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Readers | Chapter Books | Short Stories | Activity Books | General | African American and Black | Action and Adventure | Classics | Values and Virtues | Travel
Description: When their baby sister becomes dangerously ill, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers from their village to Johannesburg, where their mother works as a maid for a white family.
Brief description:
Eric Velasquez has illustrated numerous children's books, including Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing and Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford. He won the Pura Belpré Award for his illustrations in Grandma's Gift. He won the John Steptoe New Talent Award for his illustrations in The Piano Man, written by Debbi Chocolate. Visit his website at www.ericvelasquez.com.
Review Quotes:
"A provocative, eloquent story about the human spirit." - Publishers Weekly
★ "This well-written [story] has no equal. Evocative and haunting." - School Library Journal (starred review)