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Under water

"After her beloved grandmother's death, seventeen-year-old Khosi is left with an empty house, her younger sister, and her promise to finish school but violence in Imbali may take even that." --

Main Author: Powers, J. L. 1974- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, [2019]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Healers > Young adult fiction.
Sisters > Young adult fiction.
Zulu (African people) > Young adult fiction.
Blacks > South Africa > Young adult fiction.
Coming of age > Young adult fiction.
South Africa > Young adult fiction.
Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) > Young adult fiction.
Bildungsromans > Young adult.
Coming of age fiction > Young adult.
Summary: "After her beloved grandmother's death, seventeen-year-old Khosi is left with an empty house, her younger sister, and her promise to finish school but violence in Imbali may take even that." --
Item Description: Sequel to: This thing called the future.
Physical Description: 186 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9781947627031
1947627031
9781947627048
194762704X
Author Notes: J. L. Powers is a writer based in Northern California. She is a regular contributor to The Pirate Tree, a blog on social justice and children's literature. Her novels include The Confessional (2007) and This Thing Called the Future (2011). She has written a novel for children entitled Amina: Through My Eyes. It was one of two books selected for the 2016 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults (grades six-to-eight age category).

(Bowker Author Biography)

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