Image from Google Jackets

The good braider : a novel / Terry Farish.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Las Vegas, NV : Skyscape, [2012]Description: 221 p. : map ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9781477816288
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
Item type: Book List(s) this item appears in: The Refugee Experience
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Home library Call number Status Barcode
Martha's Vineyard High School Library FIC/FAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500060293
Martha's Vineyard High School Library FIC/FAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500060294

School Library Journal starred, September 2012

Booklist starred, July 2012

Horn Book, April 2013

Choice, April 2013

Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2012

Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2012

Teacher Librarian, December 2012

Kirkus Review, May 2012

Library Media Connection, January 2013

Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.

HL 630 Lexile.

Young Adult Follett School Solutions.

Reading Counts RC 4.5 10.0

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.