Region: Malawi

Materials from Malawi

City Boy

By importer | Published: October 1, 2009
Set in contemporary Malawi, a poignant account of an orphaned boy’s transition from city life to village life. Sam’s widowed mother has died from “the Disease,” and Sam is claimed by his aunt Mercy, who lives in the small African village where Sam’s mother was born and raised. The gap between Sam’s life in the [...]
Other Descriptors: Africa, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , » 1 Comment

Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS

By nersum | Published: July 6, 2007
In Malawi and Zambia, children who have lost family to the AIDS pandemic tell their stories. This book is about the power of the human spirits to endure and hope for a better tommorrow.
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The Heaven Shop

By shortk | Published: March 14, 2007
Binti and her siblings struggle to survive when they are split up and sent to different parts of Malawi after their parents die of AIDS.
Other Descriptors: Africa, Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Comments closed

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