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Dream country / Shannon Gibney.
Summary:
Spanning two centuries and two continents, Dream Country is the story of five generations of young people caught in a spiral of death and exile between Liberia and the United States. 2008, Minneapolis. Kollie Flomo, at once too black and not black enough for his African American peers and worn down by the expectations of his own Liberian family and community, turns to violence. 1926, Liberia. Togar Somah, an indigenous Liberian, is on the run from government militias that would force him to work the plantations of the Congo people, descendants of the African American slaves who colonized Liberia almost a century earlier. 1827. The children of Yasmine Wright leave a Virginia plantation with their mother for Liberia, promised freedom by the American Colonization Society. 1980. Ujay and Evelyn dare to believe their love can survive Liberia's approaching revolution. 2018, Minneapolis. A dreamer attempts to weave her family's history into a new future.-- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735231672
- ISBN: 9780735231689
- ISBN: 0735231672
- Physical Description: 335 pages: illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Dutton, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes a discussion guide. |
| Target Audience Note: | 900L Lexile. |
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Young adult fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Helix Public Library | A F GIB (Text) | 37835000128336 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
