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Gr 2–6—A trio of kids in Makoko, a Nigerian fishing village, seek their friend's missing kolo before the annual kolo-breaking party. A kolo is a wooden box like a piggy bank that children decorate, collect change in, and break a few days before the yearly harvest festival so they can buy treats and trinkets with their savings. The book begins with a prose explanation of the particulars of Makoko life, delivered by the book's inquisitive, energetic main character, Korobá. Soon the story commences, depicting an average day around the loc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More