"Twelve-year-old Astrid has come to Ghana with her family in 1979 so that her father can help oversee Ghana's first democratic election. Astrid and her brother, Gordo, were told it would be a great family adventure, but they soon find out that everything about Ghana is difficult$1 (Bthe heat, the food, the threat of disease, the soldiers on the roads, the schools. Gordo fits in more easily than Astrid, who is often left to look after her baby sister, Piper, as their mother begins to fall apart under the strain of living in Ghana. When the government is overthrown, Gordo comes down with malaria and a soldier threatens her family, Astrid is surprised to discover how protective she has become of her new home"--.
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call number/section: 1000
subjects: families, fiction, brothers and sisters, elections, ghana, juvenile fiction, siblings, ghana, fiction, juvenile fiction, family life, democracy, canadians, historical fiction, domestic fiction, electronic books
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Jones, Kari
Ghana, 1979: Unlike in Canada, Astrid, twelve, must monitor her younger siblings and never go out alone. Astrid scorns her mom's paranoia--until a coup makes her reassess. Includes historical note.
Schools: 6
Jones, Kari
"Twelve-year-old Astrid has come to Ghana with her family in 1979 so that her father can help oversee Ghana's first democratic election. Astrid and her brother, Gordo, were told it would be a great family adventure, but they soon find out that everything about Ghana is difficult$1 (Bthe heat, the food, the threat of disease, the soldiers on the roads, the schools. Gordo fits in more easily than Astrid, who is often left to look after her baby sister, Piper, as their mother begins to fall apart under the strain of living in Ghana. When the government is overthrown, Gordo comes down with malaria and a soldier threatens her family, Astrid is surprised to discover how protective she has become of her new home"--.
Schools: 7
Jones, Kari
Schools: 0
Jones, Kari
In 1979, Astrid and her family struggle to adjust to life in Ghana, where her father is helping with the country's first democratic election, and where political upheaval has put them at risk.
Schools: 1