By Nancy Farmer
This book is about a 12-year-girl named Nhamo, which means Disaster in Shone, that lives in a small village in Mozambique, Africa. She lives there with her grandmother, Aunt Chipo and Uncle Kuva, their children, Masivta and Ruva, and Aunt Shuvai and her baby. Her mother was killed by a leopard when she was young and her father left before she was born.
I'm not giving away the important parts, but Nhamo was forced to leave or be married to a man she doesn't know when she is only 12!! Her grandmother told her to take a boat across a huge lake and find her father in Zimbabwe. Along the way she finds many islands, falls into the water spirits' layer, meets a troup of baboons, and find a kind village of scientists. But her only problem is starvation.
I absolutely give this 4 out of 5 stars. * * * *
1 comment:
Sounds like an exciting read! I may have to check this one out.
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