Bibliograph

Children of the quicksands, Efua TraorÃ©

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Children of the quicksands, Efua TraorÃ©

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Children of the quicksands

Responsibility statement

Efua TraorÃ©

Summary

Simi is sent to stay with her long-lost grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. There's no TV, internet or phone. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of birds and animals rustling in the dark forest outside. Her witchlike grandmother dispenses advice and herbal medicine to the village, but she's tight lipped about their family history. Something must have happened, but what? Determined to find out, Simi disobeys her grandmother and goes exploring. Caught in the sinking red quicksand of a forbidden lake, her fantastical journey begins

Target audience

juvenile

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