Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
by
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ,Viviana Mazza
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
HarperCollins
Imprint
Katherine Tegen
ISBN
9780062696724
Awards and Honors
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth - 2018
CPL Best Books, Teen Fiction - 2018
Kirkus Best Books, Young Adult - 2018
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes, Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape, Violence: Mild Violence
One Nigerian girl’s dreams—a government scholarship, a university degree, a husband—turn to dust when terrorist group Boko Haram kidnaps her and her two best friends. Afterword. Resources.
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes, Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape, Violence: Mild Violence
Details
Format
Page Count
336
Trim Size
8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Dewey
F
AR
6: points 7
Lexile
920L
Genre
Fiction
Scholastic Reading Counts
0
JLG Release
Jan 2019
Book Genres
Topics
Boko Haram. Kidnapping. Girls and women. Nigeria. Survival. Religious extremism. Terrorism.
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Praise & Reviews
Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:
Kirkus Reviews*, School Library Journal, The Horn Book Magazine, Publishers Weekly*, Booklist*
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