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In 1967 Tanzania, when President Nyerere urges his people to work together as one extended family, the people of Litongo move to a new village which, to some, seems cursed, but where thirteen-year-old Shida, a healer, and her female cousins are allowed to attend school. Includes glossary and author&...

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Main Author:	Quirk, Katie
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Grand Rapids MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Subjects:	Tanzania > History > 1964- > Juvenile fiction. Tanzania > History > 1964- > Fiction. Villages > Fiction. Sukuma (African people) > Fiction. Healers > Fiction. Moving, Household > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Blessing and cursing > Fiction. Farm life > Tanzania > Fiction. Fiction. History. Juvenile works. Since 1964 Blessing and cursing. Farm life. Healers. Mothers and daughters. Moving, Household. Sukuma (African people) Villages. Tanzania.

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Summary:	In 1967 Tanzania, when President Nyerere urges his people to work together as one extended family, the people of Litongo move to a new village which, to some, seems cursed, but where thirteen-year-old Shida, a healer, and her female cousins are allowed to attend school. Includes glossary and author's note.
Physical Description:	243 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	9780802854049 0802854044