By Rita Williams-Garcia
PRMS hardcover 131 pages
Genre: YA realisticI found this in my email from Feb. 24, 2017 . . . and I'm just now blogging it on Dec. 5! Ah well. Life gets busy.
Akilah (“intelligence”) and Victoria (named for the
British queen) are best friends. Victoria and her family have gone to
Nigeria for the summer and Akilah hasn’t had a letter for weeks. She is
eagerly awaiting her friend’s return. But
when Victoria comes back, she doesn’t talk, smile, or act like herself
anymore.
This is the summer between fourth and fifth grade .
. . but I hope some of my readers connect with it. As Akilah realizes
the truth about what happened to Victoria in Nigeria, she vows to keep
it a secret.
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