29 August 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
Setting: Britain - modern, suburbia, Yorkshire
7 Stars
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17 Orchard Lane, in Bishopthorpe is a quiet, residential spot. Home to the respectable types; doctors and architects. You know that sort of *respectable* English street. But one of the families resident here is keeping a secret. A secret the … Continue reading
14 August 2008
Genre: general fiction
Setting: Nigeria
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Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Papa flung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on the étagére.
Kambili, the teenage narrator of the book, is a 15 year old girl. In many ways she lives a priveliged life in Nigeria. Her father owns factories; he is a “big man” in the community. A fact that is brought home to her when she visits her less well off aunt and cousins. But wealth doesn’t equal happiness. Kamibili and her brother Jaja live under the strict rules of their father and his fiercely religious beliefs.
11 July 2008
Genre: general fiction
Setting: 1960s, Nigeria, Republic of Biafra
2 Comments
ISBN: 9780007200283 Other reviews Master was a little crazy; he had spent too many years reading books overseas, talked to himself in his office, did not always return greetings, and had too much hair. This is the story of a … Continue reading