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No Laughter Here
By Williams-Garcia, Rita
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68816-247-4 978-0-68816-248-1
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2004
Gr 5-8 The friendship between two fifth-grade girls is at the center of this powerful novel, which also deals with the issue of female genital mutilation (FMG). Akilah, a 10-year-old African-American girl from Queens, can't wait for her best friend, Victoria, to come home from a visit to her grandmother in Nigeria. The Victoria who returns home, however, seems like a very different girl-quiet, reserved, and unhappy. Akilah spends the first half of the novel trying to figure out what ha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2004
"Maybe becoming a lady in Nigeria is like becoming a lady here," muses ten-year-old Akilah. "Sit up straight, cross your legs, smile, and don't beat up boys in the park." If only that's all there was to it. Akilah's best friend and neighbor, Victoria, and her family are spending the summer in Nigeria, where there will be a "special celebration to mark her coming-of-age." When Victoria returns home to Queens, something is wrong: she walks differently, withdraws from her classmates, and barely speaks. After Victoria finally t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
