Kai : a mission for her village--Africa, 1440 / by Dawn C. Gill Thomas ; illustrated by Vanessa Holley
- Author:
- Thomas, Dawn C.
- Published:
- New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, [1996]
- Copyright Date:
- ©1996
- Edition:
- 1st Aladdin paperbacks ed.
- Physical Description:
- 71 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Holley, Vanessa
- Series:
- Girlhood journeys
- Contents:
- Kai's dream -- The Oni's mission -- The journey begins -- Lost in the forest -- Warriors on horseback -- Oyo -- Journey to 1440.
- Summary:
- In fifteenth-century Africa, Kai and her beautiful but lazy older sister Jamila undertake a perilous four-day journey to another Yoruba village, seeking help for their starving tribe after the blight of the yam crop.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0689811403 (hardcover)
9780689811401 (hardcover)
0689809867 (pbk.)
9780689809866 (pbk.) - Audience Notes:
- "Ages 7-11"--P. [4] of cover.
- Note:
- "Girlhood journeys collection."
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