From Lands of the Night

by Tololwa M. Mollel

Book Overview

In this story, the young girl Ra-Eli watches as her family agonizes over the illness of her baby brother Samson. When they approach a healer, the answer comes: "Hold a ceremony to honor your ancestors and ask them to help, a joyful ceremony filled with guests." "Joyful?" my mother said. "How can we be joyful at a time like this?" "A joyful ceremony it must be," replied the healer. "Nothing less will bring the ancestors from their lands of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889954984
• ISBN13: 9780889954984
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Red Deer Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5