Story for a Black Night

Klappentext One dark night, an African father tells the story of another black night long ago when he, Momo, was a small boy?when he lay awake in his house in the bush, with his mother and grandmother and baby sister?when there came a knock on the door and evil crashed into his world. He tells of his strong, loving, gentle-hearted mother and her suffering to the very edge of death. And he tells of the old giant cottonwood tree that stood as a life spirit to them all. It is a story of beauty and tragedy, of a family confronting danger and dilemma, of a people enduring disorder and change. Its drama will hold the reader spellbound to the end. Zusammenfassung One dark night, an African father tells the story of another black night long ago when he, Momo, was a small boy—when he lay awake in his house in the bush, with his mother and grandmother and baby sister—when there came a knock on the door and evil crashed into his world. He tells of his strong, loving, gentle-hearted mother and her suffering to the very edge of death. And he tells of the old giant cottonwood tree that stood as a life spirit to them all. It is a story of beauty and tragedy, of a family confronting danger and dilemma, of a people enduring disorder and change. Its drama will hold the reader spellbound to the end.

Product details

• Authors: Clayton Bess, Herman Schein
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2004
• EAN: 9780618494835
• ISBN: 978-0-618-49483-5
• No. of pages: 97
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 178 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Violence *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Bullying *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Depression *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Runaways *, teen;young;adult;family;issue;fiction;realistic