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Williams-Garcia, Rita.

No laughter here / - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollins : Amistad, c2004. - 133 p. ; 22 cm.

In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.

7 & up.



A Junior Library Guild selection.

ISBN: 0688162479 0688162487 (lib. bdg.) : $16.89

Source: Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

LCCN: 2003009331

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Friendship--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Female circumcision--Fiction.
Nigerian Americans--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Female circumcision--Juvenile fiction.
Nigerian Americans--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Bildungsromans.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.W6713 / No 2004

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]