Kwame Alexander

The Door of No Return -- Kwame Alexander, Hardcover

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Dreams are today's answers for tomorrow's questions.

11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets...

Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just an ordinary boy so he's hoping to finally prove himself in front of Ama and his friends in a swimming contest against his older, stronger cousin.

But before this can take place, a festival comes to the villages of Upper and Lower Kwanta and Kofi's brother is chosen to represent Upper Kwanta in the wrestling contest. Encircled by cheering spectators and sounding drums, the two wrestlers from different villages kneel, ready to fight.

You are only fine, until you are not.

The match is over before it has barely begun, when the unthinkable-a sudden death-occurs...

The river does not care how grown you are.

As his world turns upside down, Kofi soon ends up in a fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves.

Author: Kwame Alexander
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/27/2022
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.70w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780316441865
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 08/01/2022
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2022 - Book Of Special Distinction
Booklist 08/01/2022 pg. 51
School Library Journal 09/01/2022 pg. 108
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2022 pg. 76

Product Tags:

Action & Adventure, Africa, Ages 9-12, Brown Books for Young Readers, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Grades 4-6, Grades 6-8, Hardcover, Historical, Historical fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Kwame Alexander, Little, Survival Stories, The Door of No Return, United States

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