The Door of No Return
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The Door of No Return
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The #1 New York Times bestseller
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing
"At once vivid and simple, lyrical and surgical, expressive and exacting" — Lupita Nyong'o
Dreams are today’s answers for tomorrow’s questions.
Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. He has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, West Africa, where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father’s father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming.
But when the unthinkable—a sudden death—occurs during a festival between rival villages, Kofi ends up in a fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves. Yet Kofi’s dreams may be the key to his freedom…
Product Details
INFORMATION
Barcode: 9781839133077
Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Andersen Press Ltd
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Length: 26.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 342g
Pages: 432
Series: Door of No Return
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Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including Rebound, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, The Crossover, winner of the Newbery Medal, and The Undefeated, winner of the Caldecott Medal. Kwame is also the recipient of several other awards, including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and the Coretta Scott King Author Honour. He is the writer and executive producer of The Crossover TV series and is co-founder of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy programme.
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