Williams-Garcia, Rita.
No laughter here / Rita Williams-Garcia. - 1st Harper Tempest ed. - New York : HarperTempest, 2007, c2004. - 133 p. ; 19 cm.
"Amistad."
Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 School Library Journal, February 2004 Booklist starred, December 2003 Library Media Connection starred, August 2004 Kirkus Starred, November 2003 Horn Book, October 2004 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2004 Kliatt, March 2007
In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources
0064409929
Friendship--Fiction.
Female circumcision--Fiction.
Nigerian Americans--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
School stories.
Bildungsromans.
Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
PZ7.W6713 / No 2007
[Fic]
No laughter here / Rita Williams-Garcia. - 1st Harper Tempest ed. - New York : HarperTempest, 2007, c2004. - 133 p. ; 19 cm.
"Amistad."
Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 School Library Journal, February 2004 Booklist starred, December 2003 Library Media Connection starred, August 2004 Kirkus Starred, November 2003 Horn Book, October 2004 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2004 Kliatt, March 2007
In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources
0064409929
Friendship--Fiction.
Female circumcision--Fiction.
Nigerian Americans--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
School stories.
Bildungsromans.
Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
PZ7.W6713 / No 2007
[Fic]