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Ajeemah and His Son
ISBN: 9780064405232 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son, Atu, are snatched by slave traders from their home in Africa while en route to deliver a dowry to Atu's bride-to-be. Ajeemah and Atu are then taken to Jamaica and sold to neighboring plantations'never to see one another again. "Readers will come away with a new sense of respect for those who maintained their dignity and humanity under the cruelest of circumstances."'SLJ. "Each moment here of the Jamaican-born poet's terse, melodious narrative is laden with emotion. . . . Brilliant, complex, powerfully written."--K.
Notable... In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son, Atu, are snatched by slave traders from their home in Africa while en route to deliver...
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29,58 zł |
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The Other Side of Truth
ISBN: 9780064410021 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Will the truth harm them -- or save them?
When Nigeria's corrupt military government kills their mother, twelve-year-old Sade and her brother Femi think their lives are over. Out of fear for their safety, their father, an outspoken journalist, decides to smuggle the children out of Nigeria and into London, where their uncle lives. But when they get to the cold and massive city, they find themselves lost and alone, with no one to trust and no idea when -- or if -- they will ever see their father again. The Other Side of Truth is a gripping adventure story about courage,... Will the truth harm them -- or save them?
When Nigeria's corrupt military government kills their mother, twelve-year-old Sade and her brother Femi t... |
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42,27 zł |
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The African Mask
ISBN: 9780595351619 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twelve-year-old Layo has no thoughts of marriage. Her joy lies in making pottery, and she greatly admirers her grandmother's success in that art. When her parents demand that she leave her sleepy little village and visit the bustling city to meet her betrothed, she sees her dream slipping away. "Notable Book" of the 1995 African Studies Association Children's Book Award. "Vivid recreation of 11th century Africa." "--Kirkus Review" "The book contains delightful girlish secrets, friendships, romance, and mystery, as well as details of the customs of an ancient culture known for bronze and...
Twelve-year-old Layo has no thoughts of marriage. Her joy lies in making pottery, and she greatly admirers her grandmother's success in that art. When...
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46,34 zł |
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Olaudah Equiano: From Slavery to Freedom: Band 15/Emerald
ISBN: 9780007230969 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped as a child from his village in Africa and shipped to America to begin life as a slave. This book recounts his amazing journey to freedom and how he eventually helped to put an end to slavery. The text and pictures graphically portray his life aboard ship, on the plantations and later life in the English gentry. - Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts. -Text type - A biography - There is a useful glossary and a timeline of Olaudah's life to... Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped as a child from his village in Africa and shipped to America to begin life as a slave. This book recounts his amazing... |
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52,79 zł |
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Ashanti Saga: The Fort
ISBN: 9780595435326 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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42,11 zł |
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A Long Walk to Water
ISBN: 9780547251271 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles,... The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in... |
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80,36 zł |
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Adisa's Basket
ISBN: 9781451599022 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is 1700, Nigeria. Adisa begins to weave a basket for her beloved father. But she and her sisters are taken by brutal slavers. Now Adisa must find a way to escape and lead her sisters back through the jungle she dreads.
It is 1700, Nigeria. Adisa begins to weave a basket for her beloved father. But she and her sisters are taken by brutal slavers. Now Adisa must find a...
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66,64 zł |
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Uncle's Glass Eye
ISBN: 9781412088701 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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125,83 zł |
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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
ISBN: 9780547577319 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles,... The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in... |
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42,27 zł |
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Loito and the Lioness: How the Masai and the lions became friends
ISBN: 9781469927770 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Loito and the Lioness is an authentic Masai legend, written for children in English and in KiSwahili, a language widely spoken in East Africa. It tells how a Masai boy and a lioness become friends by helping each other, resulting in a lasting connection between the lions and the Purko clan of the Masai. The story is followed by some interesting facts about the Masai in East Africa.
Loito and the Lioness is an authentic Masai legend, written for children in English and in KiSwahili, a language widely spoken in East Africa. It tell...
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53,32 zł |
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Namasi, the shoe maker: How the Ndorobo are cleverer than the Masai
ISBN: 9781469934495 / Angielski / Miękka / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Namasi, the shoe maker, is an authentic Masai legend, written for children in English and in KiSwahili, a language widely spoken in East Africa. It tells the story of how the Ndorobo came to think that they are smarter than the Masai. The story is followed by some interesting facts about the Masai in East Africa.
Namasi, the shoe maker, is an authentic Masai legend, written for children in English and in KiSwahili, a language widely spoken in East Africa. It te...
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53,32 zł |
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Rain God of the Wambulu: An authentic Mbulu Legend
ISBN: 9781475105179 / Angielski / Miękka / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rain God of the Wambulu is an authentic Mbulu legend, written for children in English and in KiSwahili, a language widely spoken in East Africa. It tells the story of how the Mbulu tribe in East Africa came to know their Rain God. The story is followed by some interesting facts about the Masai and Mbulu tribes in East Africa.
Rain God of the Wambulu is an authentic Mbulu legend, written for children in English and in KiSwahili, a language widely spoken in East Africa. It te...
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53,32 zł |
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Africa: She Is...Africa
ISBN: 9781475258264 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aaliyah is a beautiful but misunderstood girl growing up in ancient tribal Africa. Her future as both the wife of a local prince and medicine woman of her village seems predetermined until she meets Fedell and falls in love. Their forbidden relationship is torn apart when she is kidnapped by Egyptians and dragged halfway across the continent to be forced into a loveless marriage with the reluctant Prince Mohammed. As she transforms into the Queen of Egypt, Aaliyah is torn between embracing her new life and longing for her home and family. When Fedell reappears as an enemy of the state, she...
Aaliyah is a beautiful but misunderstood girl growing up in ancient tribal Africa. Her future as both the wife of a local prince and medicine woman of...
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66,64 zł |
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The Soccer Fence: A Story of Friendship, Hope, and Apartheid in South Africa
ISBN: 9780399247903 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a country struggling with acceptance, hope can come in many different forms.
As a boy, Hector loved playing soccer in his small Johannesburg township. He dreamed of playing on a real pitch with the boys from another part of the city, but apartheid made that impossible. Then, in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and apartheid began to crumble. The march toward freedom in South Africa was a slow one, but when the beloved Bafana Bafana national soccer team won the African Cup of Nations, Hector realized that dreams once impossible could now come true. This poignant... In a country struggling with acceptance, hope can come in many different forms.
As a boy, Hector loved playing soccer in his small Johannes... |
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80,36 zł |
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Black Dove White Raven
ISBN: 9781423185239 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Emilia's and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt-pilot mothers were flying. Teo's mother died immediately, but Em's survived, determined to raise Teo according to his late mother's wishes-in a place where he won't be discriminated against because of the color of his skin. But in 1930s America, a white woman raising a black adoptive son alongside a white daughter is too often seen as a threat.
Seeking a home where her children won't be held back by ethnicity or gender, Rhoda brings Em and Teo to Ethiopia, and all three... Emilia's and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt-pilot mothers were flying. Teo's...
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84,59 zł |
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All About Me (And My Shunt)
ISBN: 9781412005968 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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57,13 zł |
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The Enchanted Castle
ISBN: 9781482348668 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A King bent on conquest, a murderous warrior-tribe, And the slave-girl who dares to stand between them Shioni of Sheba: The Enchanted Castle is the first book in a unique African fantasy series set in the ancient Kingdom of Sheba .".".a cracking story which catches the imagination..."" ""I was enthralled, each character came alive off the page"" When Shioni, slave to the Princess of Sheba, travels to the legendary Simien Mountains of Ethiopia, she encounters adventure beyond her wildest dreams. Little does she imagine the powerful forces lurking in this jagged volcanic... A King bent on conquest, a murderous warrior-tribe, And the slave-girl who dares to stand between them Shioni of Sheba: The Enchanted Castle ... |
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57,72 zł |
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The King's Horse
ISBN: 9781482750973 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The King's Horse is mad; Kalcha plans a terrible revenge; Can a slave-girl survive this test of her courage? Shioni of Sheba: The King's Horse is the second book in a unique African fantasy adventure set in the ancient Kingdom of Sheba ..".a cracking story which catches the imagination..." The King lies in a coma. Princess Annakiya must rule the castle in his stead. But Kalcha, witch-leader of the Wasabi, is far from defeated. Through scorpions and arrows, assassins and living nightmares, she seeks to destroy the Kingdom of Sheba. She will have her revenge. When General... The King's Horse is mad; Kalcha plans a terrible revenge; Can a slave-girl survive this test of her courage? Shioni of Sheba: The King's H... |
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57,72 zł |
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The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition
ISBN: 9781453789612 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No two young men could be closer than Rupert and Edgar Clinton. Two brothers living carefree at school, until a stranger approaches and reveals a secret past. Shocked, Edgar runs away and joins the British Army. He then embarks with his unit to Egypt, on the Nile Expedition, to relieve British forces under siege at Khartoum. These forces, led by Charles Gordon, are being attacked by the forces of a Muslim Mahdi (prophetic leader). Will Edgar and his unit reach Khartoum in time? Will Edgar survive the battle? Will Rupert ever see his brother again? These questions, and more, are answered in...
No two young men could be closer than Rupert and Edgar Clinton. Two brothers living carefree at school, until a stranger approaches and reveals a secr...
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45,50 zł |
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The Red Pencil
ISBN: 9780316247801 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Amira, look at me," Muma insists.She collects both my hands in hers."The Janjaweed attack without warning.If ever they come-- run."
Finally, Amira is twelve. Old enough to wear a toob, old enough for new responsibilities. And maybe old enough to go to school in Nyala-- Amira's one true dream. But life in her peaceful Sudanese village is shattered when the Janjaweed arrive. The terrifying attackers ravage the town and unleash unspeakable horrors. After she loses nearly everything, Amira needs to dig deep within herself to find the... "Amira, look at me," Muma insists.She collects both my hands in hers."The Janjaweed attack without warning.If ever they come
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148,06 zł |
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