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The door of no return Cover Image Book

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.

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Subject: African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Black people > Juvenile fiction.
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Ashanti (Kingdom) > Juvenile fiction.
Ghana > History > To 1957 > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels in verse.

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

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  • 3 current holds with 162 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
BHM Headquarters Library J FIC (Text) 38344101712048 Juvenile Fiction In process -
BHM Headquarters Library J FIC (Text) 38344101716619 Juvenile Fiction In process -
Benhaven Public Library J F Ale (Text) 33630005459388 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/14/2025
Bethlehem Branch J Alexander (BOB) (Text) 34269001454686 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Boone Trail Branch J F Ale (Text) 33630005290593 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/05/2025
Bordeaux Library J ALEXANDER (Text) 31781069556510 Juvenile Fiction Paperback Battle of the Book Checked out 08/19/2025
Braswell Memorial Main Library J Ale (Text)
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37807000062776 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/19/2025
Bryan Memorial Library J F Ale (Text) 810191001849642 Juvenile New Fiction Checked out 08/22/2025
Bunn Branch J/Alexander (Text) 72350000114510 Juvenile Fiction Available -
C.B. Hildebrand Public Library YA ALE (Text) 33557004719365 Young Adult Fiction Available -
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