Homegoing
(Book - Large Print)
Author
Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2016].
Format
Book - Large Print
Edition
First large print edition.
ISBN
9780735208193, 0735208190
Physical Desc
468 pages ; 24 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
910L
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Wausau - MCPL - Adult Fiction Large Print | LT GYASI | Available |
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Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2016].
Edition
First large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780735208193, 0735208190
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6, 18 Points
Level 6, 18 Points
Lexile measure
910
Notes
Description
"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle's women's dungeon, and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, where she will be sold into slavery. Stretching from the tribal wars of Ghana to slavery and Civil War in America, from the coal mines in the north to the Great Migration to the streets of 20th century Harlem, Yaa Gyasi's ... novel ... moves through histories and geographies ..."--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
910L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,6.0,18,18,182425
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gyasi, Y. (2016). Homegoing (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gyasi, Yaa. 2016. Homegoing. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gyasi, Yaa. Homegoing Random House Large Print, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gyasi, Yaa. Homegoing First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2016.
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