No laughter here / Rita Williams-Garcia.
By: Williams-Garcia, Rita.
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BookPublisher: New York : HarperCollins, c2004Edition: 1st ed.Description: 133 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0688162479; 0688162487 (lib. bdg.).Subject(s): Friendship -- Fiction | Female circumcision -- Fiction | Nigerian Americans -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction | Schools -- Fiction | Coming of age -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | Female circumcision -- Fiction | Nigerian Americans -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction | School stories | BildungsromansDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.
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In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.
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