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The door of no return / Kwame Alexander.

Alexander, Kwame, (author.).

Summary:

"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316441865
  • ISBN: 0316441864
  • ISBN: 9780316441964
  • Physical Description: 418 pages : map ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Paperback includes reading group guide.
Paperback includes glossary.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10 & up. Little, Brown and Company.
Grades 5-9.
Awards Note:
American Library Association Best Fiction for YA, 2023.
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature, Best Books, 2022.
Children's Africana Book Award, Honors, 2023.
Horn Book Fanfare List, 2023.
Subject: African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Black people > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
Slave trade > Juvenile fiction.
Slave traders > Juvenile fiction.
Ashanti (Kingdom) > Juvenile fiction.
Ghana > History > To 1957 > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels in verse.

Available copies

  • 98 of 162 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 3 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 162 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Hot Springs Library YA FIC ALE DNR1 (Text) 30229101290475 Young Adult New Fiction Available -
Madison Main Library YA FIC ALE DNR1 (Text) 30229101290483 Young Adult New Fiction Available -
Mars Hill Library YA FIC ALE DNR1 (Text) 30229101290566 Young Adult New Fiction Checked out 08/19/2025

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