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Williams-Garcia, Rita

No Laughter Here

133 pp. | HarperCollins/Amistad | January, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16247-9 $$15.99 | Library ISBN 0-688-16248-7 $$16.89
(3) 4-6 Akilah's best friend, Victoria, is spending the summer in Nigeria, where there will be a "special celebration to mark her coming-of-age." When Victoria returns home to Queens, something is wrong, and she finally tells Akilah what happened to her: a ritual clitoridectomy. Though Akilah is an engaging narrator, she sounds older than ten and several story elements strain credibility. But this will be an eye-opening book for most preteens.
Reviewer: Nell Beram | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2004

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