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Figgy
2016
series - author
children's fiction
(number
3
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2017...
2017
Figgy Takes the City
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'Both Nana and Figgy receive scholarships to attend the Hope College in Ghana's big city, Accra. Figgy and Nana will have to leave behind the village and family they love, meet lots of new people and learn new things. Figgy does not want to go, but Grandma Ama says she must. But Nana begins acting strange and he will not tell Figgy what he is doing when he disappears from school on the weekends. When Figgy follows him one day, to a place that is scary and sad, she must convince him that he will always be a part of her family, no matter where he comes from. And she learns that sometimes change is not so bad -- especially if you have somewhere and someone to go home to.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also dyslexic edition
- Also braille.
- Also large print.
Awards
- 2018 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Children's Fiction
- 2018 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
- 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Younger Readers
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cGhana,cWest / Central Africa, Africa,
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