The Door of No Return
$31.92
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
5 October 2023
Summary
The #1 New York Times bestseller
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing
“At once vivid and simple, lyrical and surgical, expressive and exacting” - Lupita Nyong’o
Dreams are today’s answers for tomorrow’s questions.
Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. He has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, West Africa, where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839133077 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839133074 |
| Author: | Kwame Alexander |
| Publisher: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 5 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Door of No Return |
| Audience Age: | 12-14 |
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Critics Review
“At once vivid and simple, lyrical and surgical, expressive and exacting, comforting and cutting” – Lupita Nyong’o
“a gripping coming-of-age story” * Guardian *
“An intensely powerful coming-of-age story steeped in African tradition and mythology” * Waterstones *
“Yet another brilliant, engrossing verse novel - Kwame Alexander is one of the greats” – Sarah Crossan
”[Alexander’s] most ambitious work to date… This is a powerful work which draws much of its power from its portrayal of Kofi’s life among the Asante and Kofi’s restlessly upbeat and curious, if rather innocent, nature” * Books for Keeps *
Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including Rebound, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, The Crossover, winner of the Newbery Medal, and The Undefeated, winner of the Caldecott Medal. Kwame is also the recipient of several other awards, including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and the Coretta Scott King Author Honour. He is the writer and executive producer of The Crossover TV series and is co-founder of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy programme.
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