Thomas, Dawn C.

Kai : a mission for her village--Africa, 1440 / by Dawn C. Gill Thomas ; illustrated by Vanessa Holley. - 1st Aladdin paperbacks ed. - New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, c1996. - 71 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. - Girlhood journeys .

"Girlhood journeys collection."

In fifteenth-century Africa, Kai and her beautiful but lazy older sister Jamila undertake a perilous four-day journey to another Yoruba village, seeking help for their starving tribe after the blight of the yam crop.

"Ages 7-11"--Cover p. [4].

ISBN: 0689811403 (hardcover) 0689809867 (pbk.)

LCCN: 96015703 /AC

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sisters--Fiction.
Yoruba (African people)--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.T3664 / Kai 1996

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]