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183 pp.
| Philomel |
January, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-399-23486-1$$17.99
(4)
YA
When Jodie and her mother move from San Diego to Sierra Leone, lonely, anxious fourteen-year-old Jodie soon befriends Khadi, a local girl about to undergo female circumcision in a coming-of-age ceremony. The emotional and political issues surrounding female circumcision are too shallowly handled, but the general cross-cultural experience has an authentic touch. Glos.