Library's review
This is a gripping story about Kenya’s Independence movement, from the perspectives of two teenager boys: Mathew, an English farmer’s son growing up in Kenya, and Mugo, a native Kenyan working in Mathew’s kitchen.
Publication
Amistad (2008), Edition: 1st, 224 pages
Description
Two boys--one white, one black--share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s, a country shaken by a rebellion of Africans against white landowners, but suspicions and accusations are escalating, and an act of betrayal could change everything.
Awards
Children's Africana Book Award (Honor Book — Older Readers — 2010)
CCBC Choices (2010)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2007
Pages
224
Physical description
224 p.; 8.25 inches
ISBN
0061432970 / 9780061432972
DDC/MDS
| 823.914 |