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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.
  • 2 of 3 copies available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 162 total copies.
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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
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library J ALEXANDER (Text) 39493110062843 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library J Alexander (BOB) (Text) 34269001450973 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/07/2025
Alleghany Public Library JF ALEXANDER Battle (Text) 40599001176224 Young Adult Fiction Battle of the Book Checked out 08/14/2025
Andrews Public Library YA F ALE (Text) 80605003645933 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Angier Public Library J F Ale (Text) 33632002285154 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/14/2025
Ashe County Public Library J ALE (Text) 50503011192822 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/28/2025
Ashe County Public Library J ALE (Text) 50503300633270 Juvenile Fiction Available -