Story for a Black Night
  • Published:
    Apr-1982 (Hardcover)
    Oct-2004 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    112
  • Age Level:
    12 & up
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One dark night, an African father tells the story of another black night long ago when he, Momo, was a small boy -- when he lay awake in his house in the bush, with his mother and grandmother and baby sister -- when there came a knock on the door and evil crashed into his world. He tells of his strong, loving, gentle-hearted mother and her suffering to the very edge of death. And he tells of the old giant cottonwood tree that stood as a life spirit to them all. It is a story of beauty and tragedy, of a family confronting danger and dilemma, of a people enduring disorder and change. Its drama will hold the reader spellbound to the end.
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    •  
    • Nov-2004
    • Graphia Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0618494839
    • ISBN13: 9780618494835
    • First Edition
    • Apr-1982
    • Houghton Mifflin
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0395318572
    • ISBN13: 9780395318577
    •  
    • Jan-2002
    • Lookout Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 188240503X
    • ISBN13: 9781882405039



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