How Far We've Come
$35.79
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
16 August 2023
Summary
A groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed debut novel of friendship and freedom that crosses continents and centuries, in a timeslip story exploring the legacy of slavery, selected as The Times Children’s Book of the Week.
Sometime, me love to dream that me is a human, a proper one, like them white folks is.
Enslaved on a plantation in Barbados, Obah dreams of freedom. As talk of rebellion bubbles up around her in the Big House, she imagines escape. Meeting a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398510999 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398510998 |
| Author: | Joyce Efia Harmer |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 16 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 135mm x 216mm |
| Audience Age: | 14 |
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Joyce Efia Harmer
Joyce Efia Harmer was born in London to Ghanaian parents. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from King’s College, London, and subsequently taught English.
In 2016, Joyce was chosen as one of six writers to participate in the Megaphone writer’s scheme, an initiative designed to support diverse voices in Children’s Literature. In 2017, she was a finalist in Penguin’s WriteNow scheme.
She currently resides in London with her husband and two sons. How Far We’ve Come is her debut novel.
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