Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree Contributor(s): Nwaubani, Adaobi Tricia (Author), Mazza, Viviana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062696726 ISBN-13: 9780062696724 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
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BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Africa - Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Africa |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2018933386 |
Age Level: 13-UP |
Grade Level: 8-UP |
Lexile Measure: 920(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (0.90 lbs) 336 pages |
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Review Citations: Shelf Awareness 10/16/2018 Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018 Booklist 06/01/2018 pg. 84 Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2018 pg. 128 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2018 Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2018 pg. 81 School Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 123 Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2019 pg. 99 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 199334 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
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Publisher Description: Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, this poignant novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani tells the timely story of one girl who was taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for survival. Includes an afterword by award-winning journalist Viviana Mazza. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband--these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren't too far out of reach. But the girl's dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she is forced to follow her captors' radical beliefs and watch as her best friend slowly accepts everything she's been told. Still, the girl defends her existence. As impossible as escape may seem, her life--her future--is hers to fight for. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nwaubani, Adaobi Tricia: - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani is a Nigerian writer and journalist. The author of the award-winning novel I Do Not Come to You by Chance, Adaobi has had her writing featured in the New York Times, the Guardian, and the New Yorker. You can find her at www.adaobitricia.com.Mazza, Viviana: - Viviana Mazza is an Italian journalist who won the 2010 Marco Luchetta Journalist Prize, dedicated to raising awareness of the plight of children affected by war. She has also written The Story of Malala and The Baby Nelson Mandela, which were published in Italy. |
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