A thief in the village : and other stories / James Berry.
A collection of nine short stories about life in contemporary Jamaica, on such subjects as a young boy's desire to buy shoes for the cricket team and a girl's adventures on a coconut plantation. Nenna and her brother Man-Man sneak from shadow to tree trunk in the dead of night, concealing...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Orchard Books,
1988.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | A collection of nine short stories about life in contemporary Jamaica, on such subjects as a young boy's desire to buy shoes for the cricket team and a girl's adventures on a coconut plantation. Nenna and her brother Man-Man sneak from shadow to tree trunk in the dead of night, concealing themselves while tracking a coconut thief. Gustas barely survives a violent hurricane, trying to save his fruit-laden banana tree. Becky begs her mother for a bicycle, and Fanso longs to know his father who walked out of his life thirteen years earlier. |
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| Physical Description: | 148 pages ; 22 cm |
| Awards: | Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 1989. |
| ISBN: | 0531057453 9780531057452 0531083454 9780531083451 |