Twelve-year-old Zambia Brown, living with her aunt and uncle in rural South Carolina, feels that life is dull, until her father opens a nightclub in town, which makes the community angry, but that makes Zambia long for excitement and reconciliation.
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A Blessing in Disguise is Eleanora E. Tate's third novel in a trilogy of books whose setting is Calvary County on the coast of South Carolina. Its sister books are The Secret of Gumbo Grove, a Parents' Choice Gold Seal Award winner, and Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.!, a National Council for the Social Studies-Children's Book Council Notable Children's Book, and a Child Study Association Children's Book of the Year. She is also the author of Retold African Myths. Her book Just an Overnight Guest, which was made into an award-winning movie, is a companion to Front Porch Stories at the One-Room School, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Also a journalist, Ms. Tate is a former national president of the National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc. A native of Canton, Missouri, Ms. Tate currently lives with her hu
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Anbieter: Betty Mittendorf /Tiffany Power BKSLINEN, Ralston, NE, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Dj mylar wrap has library sticker front & spine., 184 pp., pg. 41 has soil and sl. water damage in center of book causing some pg in center of book to wrinkle, few lib. stamps ow int. good, Twelve-year-old Zambia thinks that life with her aunt and uncle in Deacons Neck, South Carolina, is boring and dreams of going to live with her smooth-talking, fast-living father, until she gets to know the darker side of his world. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11664B
Anbieter: Blue Marble Books LLC, Fort Thomas, KY, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. 1st/1st Novel for adolescent readers about a girl living in a small in South Carolina with her aunt and uncle, and dealing with her fast-living father's coming back into her life. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4362
Anbieter: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, USA
First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 184 pages. Tate's third book, the final novel in a trilogy of books set in Calvary County of South Carolina. A tight near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a tear to the top of the rear panel. Signed and nicely inscribed by Tate on the title page and uncommon as such. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 140955