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Gibney, Shannon.
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Blacks -- United States -- Fiction.
Americans -- Liberia -- Fiction.
Families -- Liberia -- Fiction.
Families -- Minnesota -- Fiction.
Liberian Americans -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Liberia -- History -- 1847-1944 -- Fiction.
Liberia -- History -- To 1847 -- Fiction.
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Fiction.
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Gibney, Shannon.
Blacks -- United States -- Fiction.
Americans -- Liberia -- Fiction.
Families -- Liberia -- Fiction.
Families -- Minnesota -- Fiction.
Liberian Americans -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Liberia -- History -- 1847-1944 -- Fiction.
Liberia -- History -- To 1847 -- Fiction.
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Fiction.
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Dream country / Shannon Gibney.
by
Gibney, Shannon.
Dutton, c2018.
Call #:
FICTION
GIB
Subjects
Blacks
--
United States
--
Fiction
.
Americans
--
Liberia
--
Fiction
.
Families
--
Liberia
--
Fiction
.
Families
--
Minnesota
--
Fiction
.
Liberian Americans
--
Fiction
.
Refugees
--
Fiction
.
Slavery
--
Fiction
.
Liberia
--
History
--
1847-1944
--
Fiction
.
Liberia
--
History
--
To
1847
--
Fiction
.
Minneapolis (Minn.)
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780735231672 (hc.)
Description:
335 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes discussion guide.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
2008: Minneapolis. Kollie Flomo, at once too black and not black enough for his African American peers and worn down by the expectations of his own Liberian family and community, turns to violence. 1926,
Liberia
: Togar Somah, an indigenous Liberian, is on the run from government militias that would force him to work the plantations of the Congo people, descendants of the African American slaves who colonized
Liberia
almost a century earlier. 1827: The children of Yasmine Wright leave a Virginia plantation with their mother for
Liberia
, promised freedom by the American Colonization Society. 1980: Ujay and Evelyn dare to believe their love can survive
Liberia
's approaching revolution. 2018, Minneapolis: A dreamer attempts to weave her family's
history
into a new future.
--
adapted from jacket.
Genre:
Black
fiction
.
Historical
fiction
.
Domestic
fiction
.
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Young Adult Black Fiction
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