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The Kaya Girl

ISBN-10: 0316703893
ISBN-13: 9780316703895
Author: Wolo, Mamle
Interest Level: 3-7
Publisher: Hachette Book Group

Publication Date: April 2024

Copyright: 2022

Page Count: 352

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Interest Level

Grades 3-7

Reading Level

Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2
Accelerated Reader Points: 9.0

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Homelessness & Poverty

JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women

Description
Writing with effortlessly engaging prose, Wolo showcases the interweaving layers of Ghanaian culture to create a prismatic, multifaceted world in which two younggirls, against all odds, are able to find each other. When Faiza, a Muslim migrant girl from northern Ghana, and Abena, a wealthy doctor's daughter from the south, meet by chance in Accra's largest market, where Faiza works as a porter orkayagirl, they strike up an unlikely and powerful friendship that transcends their social inequities and opens up new worlds to them both. The story is set against a backdrop of class disparity in Ghana as Faiza's life takes unlikely turns that propel her thrillingly forward. As, over the course of the novel, Abena awakens to the world outside her sheltered, privileged life, the novel explores a multitude of awakenings and the opportunities that lie beyond the breaking down of barriers. This is a gorgeously transporting work, offering vivid insight into two strikingly diverse young lives in Ghana.
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