Sarah Forbes Bonetta

Set in 1860, this is the story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the intelligent, multilingual Yoruba princess from West Africa who became the goddaughter of the British Queen Victoria. Victoria Princewill reimagines Sarahs life in England, telling the story of a girl living between two cultures, trying to create, and assert, her own identity.

Summary

A powerful retelling of the extraordinary life of orphaned Africanprincess, Sarah Forbes Bonetta.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Princewill
• Publisher: Scholastic UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 16
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9780702311482
• ISBN: 978-0-7023-1148-2
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 17 mm x 197 mm
• Weight: 192 g
• Series: The Secret Animal Society
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; England, Sierra Leone, British Empire, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Europe, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Royalty, c 1800 to c 1900, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Marriage & Divorce, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Africa, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Relating to Black British people, West Africa, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Interest age: from c 12 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Europe, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Africa, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / General, Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction, Historical states, empires, territories and regions: Africa, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Places / Africa, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Places / Europe