Do You Know Me - Couverture rigide

Farmer, Nancy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0531086240 ISBN 13 : 9780531086247

Editeur : Orchard Books, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Farmer Nancy

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Traditional African meeets modern African way of life. Nine-year-old Tapiwa hates school, the Lobatse girls all look down on her even though she's top of the class but then her Uncle Seke came to stay and life changed forever, Lobatse school no longer seemed to matter. Uncle Seke has led avery traditional way of life. He finds adapting to city life extremely difficultbut Tapiwa will do anything to help her uncle. Through all this Tapiwa becomes stronger, she no longer cares about what others think or say however it can alsolead to problems, especially when Uncle Seke's old ways clash with the new restaints. And inevitably he never truly fits in with his new surrounds.

Présentation de l'éditeur

9 year old Tapiwa is a city girl, so when her Uncle Seka comes to stay there are lots of surprises in store. Uncle Seka has never been in a car before, has gone hunting for his food and confesses to having eaten caterpillar stew. He finds adapting to city lifeextremely difficult, so Tapiwa does everything she can to help him. The endearing relationship between uncle and niece make this a humorous book of Great charm that gives a fascinating picture of the contrast between the traditional way of life and the new.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Orchard Books
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0531086240
• ISBN 13: 9780531086247
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Jackson Shelley
• Nombre de pages: 105
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible