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Gibney, Shannon

Dream Country

352 pp. | Dutton | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7352-3167-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-7352-3169-6
(2) YA This multigenerational tale of a family seeking freedom begins by introducing Kollie, a Liberian American teen in 2008 Minnesota. Readers are transported to 1926 Liberia to an earlier generation of Kollie's family; then to 1827 Virginia; forward to 1980 Monrovia; and finally to 2018, where Kollie's sister, Angel, ties together the various threads of this sprawling tale. Gibney tackles the complexity of Liberia's history and illuminates how humans end up treating each other cruelly. Reading list, timeline.
Reviewer: Christina L. Dobbs | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2018

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