The Door Of No Return

ISBN-10: 0316441961
ISBN-13: 9780316441964
Author: Alexander, Kwame
Interest Level: 5-9
Publisher: Hachette Book Group

Publication Date: May 2024

Copyright: 2022

Page Count: 432

Series: The Door Of No Return

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Interest Level

Grades 5-9

Reading Level

Guided Reading: Z+
Lexile: NP750L
Accelerated Reader Level: 5.9
Accelerated Reader Points: 4.0

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories

JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)

JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa

Description
Eleven-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. The match is over before it has barely begun, when the unthinkable, a sudden death, occurs...As his world turns upside down, Kofi soon ends up in a fight
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