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The bite of the mango / by Mariatu Kamara ; with Susan McClelland.
Van Pelt Library DT516.828.K35 A3 2008
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kamara, Mariatu.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kamara, Mariatu.
- War victims--Sierra Leone--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- War victims.
- Amputees--Sierra Leone--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Amputees.
- War victims--Sierra Leone--Biography.
- Amputees--Sierra Leone--Biography.
- Children.
- History.
- Sierra Leone.
- Kamara, Mariatu--Juvenile literature.
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Personal narratives--Juvenile literature.
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Children--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Personal narratives.
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Children--Biography.
- Genre:
- Young adult nonfiction.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Personal narratives.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 216 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; New York : Annick Press ; Buffalo, NY : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Firefly Books, [2008]
- Summary:
- When Mariatu set out for a neighborhood village in Sierra Leone, she was kidnapped and tortured, and both of her hands cut off. She turned to begging to survive. This heart-rending memoir is a testament to her courage and resilience. Today she is a UNICEF Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
- Notes:
- Red Maple Non-Fiction Award winner. 2011
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kamara, Mariatu. Bite of the mango.
- ISBN:
- 9781554511594
- 1554511593
- 9781554511587
- 1554511585
- OCLC:
- 216940748
- Publisher Number:
- 99987196902
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