by Beverley Naidoo
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2001.
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria. Winner of the 2000 Carnegie Medal.Lexile Number: 710
--Follett Library Resources : http://flr.follett.comReflection : This story deals with lots of issues such as bullying in school, telling the truth and what sometimes happens to innocent people because of the telling, refuges and foster care.
Lesson Connection : Social Studies/Research Nigera and discuss current events. Pose the question : What would you do if you suddenly found yourself on the street with no one to turn to, and hunger and cold weather to overcome?
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