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Dream country / Shannon Gibney.
Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PS3607.I262 D74 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibney, Shannon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Americans.
- Liberian Americans.
- Refugees.
- Families.
- History.
- Liberia--History--To 1847--Juvenile fiction.
- Liberia.
- Liberia--History--1847-1944--Juvenile fiction.
- Liberia--History--To 1847--Fiction.
- Liberia--History--1847-1944--Fiction.
- Minneapolis (Minn.)--Fiction.
- Minnesota.
- Families--Liberia--Juvenile fiction.
- Families--Minnesota--Juvenile fiction.
- Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
- Slavery.
- Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
- Liberian Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans.
- Americans--Liberia--Juvenile fiction.
- Family life--Liberia--Fiction.
- Family life--Minnesota--Fiction.
- Slavery--Fiction.
- Refugees--Fiction.
- Liberian Americans--Fiction.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Americans--Liberia--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Young adult fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 335 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Dream Country is the story of five generations of young people from one African American family chasing an elusive dream across centuries and continents. Gibney conjures an ambitious, sinuous novel from a family tree twisted to its breaking point by slavery and colonialism but ultimately held together by hope and determination"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780735231672
- 0735231672
- 9780735231696
- 0735231699
- OCLC:
- 1016403949
- Publisher Number:
- 99979048093
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