Williams-Garcia, Rita.
No laughter here / Rita Williams-Garcia. - 1st ed. - New York : Amistad, c2004. - 133 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133).
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Bo, 1/2004 Booklist, 12/1/2003 Horn Book Guide, 10/2004 Horn Book Magazine, 1/2004 Library Journal, 2/15/2004 Library Media Connection, 8/2004 Publisher's Weekly, 12/22/2003 Voice of Youth Advocate, 4/2004
In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.
7-12. 4.4.
0688162487
2003009331
Friendship--Fiction.
School stories.
Bildungsromans.
Female circumcision--Fiction.
Nigerian Americans--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
PZ7.W6713 / No 2004
[Fic]
No laughter here / Rita Williams-Garcia. - 1st ed. - New York : Amistad, c2004. - 133 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133).
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Bo, 1/2004 Booklist, 12/1/2003 Horn Book Guide, 10/2004 Horn Book Magazine, 1/2004 Library Journal, 2/15/2004 Library Media Connection, 8/2004 Publisher's Weekly, 12/22/2003 Voice of Youth Advocate, 4/2004
In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.
7-12. 4.4.
0688162487
2003009331
Friendship--Fiction.
School stories.
Bildungsromans.
Female circumcision--Fiction.
Nigerian Americans--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
PZ7.W6713 / No 2004
[Fic]