Man-Man and the Tree of Memories

Name: Man-Man and the Tree of Memories
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781837930081
Price: 26.99 NZD
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By Yaba Badoe

Series: The Zephyr Collection, your child's library

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR'S BEST OLDER FICTION AWARD 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE LITTLE REBELS CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2024NOMINATED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR WRITING 2025 Illustrated in vibrant full colour, Man-Man and the Tree of Memories is a story of dance, celebration, carnival, and slavery.... Read More

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Man-Man and the Tree of Memories

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Man-Man and the Tree of Memories

Illustrated in vibrant full-colour, a story of dance, celebration, carnival and slavery, about a family understanding their past to change the future.

Description

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR'S BEST OLDER FICTION AWARD 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE LITTLE REBELS CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2024
NOMINATED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR WRITING 2025

Illustrated in vibrant full colour, Man-Man and the Tree of Memories is a story of dance, celebration, carnival, and slavery. It is about a family understanding their past to change the future.

Set in contemporary Notting Hill, Man-man and his friends are swept up in the exuberant preparations for carnival. But his mother is ill, and even as he dances, he calls desperately to the Queen of Revels, as old as time, to make her well again.

Swept away with his best friend Kareem and sharp-tongued sister Panama to a place in between, the Queen of Revels plunges Man-man into Africa's past and reveals his family's heritage. As they gather around the sacred Tree of Memories, he witnesses many slaves, captives whose pain, anguish, and longing are held by the tree.

Man-man understands how this is draining his mother and how he must help her back to the freedom stolen from his ancestors.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837930081

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Zephyr

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 479g

Pages: 192

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: The Zephyr Collection, your child's library Yaba Badoe Young Adult

About the Author

Yaba Badoe is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and writer. Yaba was born in Ghana but now lives in London with her husband. She has been nominated for the Distinguished Woman of African Cinema award. Her children's novel, Branford Boase shortlisted A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars, Wolf Light and Jhalak Prize longlisted and Edward Stanford Children's Travel Book of the Year shortlisted Lionheart Girl are published by Zephyr. Yaba is a judge for the Jhalak Prize 2023. @yaba_badoe

Joelle Avelino is a Congolese and Angolan illustrator who grew up in the UK. She has a BA (Hons) in Illustration with Marketing from the University of Hertfordshire. Her work is inspired by her belief that people from all races and backgrounds should see themselves in the world around them.

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