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Adi of Boutanga : a story from Cameroon / Alain Serge Dzotap ; [illustrations by] Marc Daniau.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dzotap, Alain Serge, author, translator.
Contributor:
Daniau, Marc, 1964- illustrator.
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Standardized Title:
Adi de Boutanga. English
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Child marriage--Juvenile fiction.
Child marriage.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Families.
Bororo (African people)--Juvenile fiction.
Bororo (African people).
Uncles--Juvenile fiction.
Uncles.
Cameroon--Juvenile fiction.
Cameroon.
Child marriage--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Bororo (African people)--Fiction.
Cameroon--Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2025.
Language Note:
Translated from French.
Summary:
"When thirteen-year-old Adi's uncle decides that she is old enough to be married, Adi and her family must find a new place for her to live and learn without fear"-- Provided by publisher.
Thirteen-year-old Adi lives in west Cameroon, where she loves swimming in the river, making dolls for her little sisters, and writing new words in her notebook at school. But one day Adi's hands start to shake with terror. Uncle Amadou--the most powerful member of her family--has declared that Adi is old enough to get married. Mom cries softly under her hijab, but Dad "Don't worry." He knows a place where Adi can live and learn without fear...
Notes:
Originally published as Adi de Boutanga in France in 2019 by Albin Michel.
ISBN:
9780802856296
0802856292
OCLC:
1443640133

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