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Alma

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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781609457877
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Europa Editions
  • Publisher Imprint: Europa Editions
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  • Pages: N/A
  • Original Price: USD 18.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 658 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Places / Africa

FROM THE BESTSELLING WINNER OF THE PRIX SORCIÈRES


From Europe to Africa to the Caribbean, this first installment in the Alma trilogy tells a gripping story of hope, perseverance, and love that readers will not soon forget.


1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley.


Alma sets out to find him, but she soon must face terrible dangers in a continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home becomes a harrowing adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her people.


Meanwhile, in Lisbon, Joseph Mars, an orphan turned petty thief devises a great plan to land himself aboard a slave ship, The Sweet Amelie, on the ultimate quest--to find a pirate's treasure in the far reaches of the Caribbean. But as time passes, he learns he is not alone in his hunger for the treasure, which forces Joseph to rethink the true purpose of his presence aboard The Sweet Amelie.


The destinies of a large cast of characters, including Alma and Joseph, become intertwined both on land and at sea in this unforgettable adventure of resilience and compassion as de Fombelle quietly elucidates the slave trade and the infamous Middle Passage for middle grade and YA readers.

de Fombelle, Timothée: -

Timothée de Fombelle is a Paris-based playwright, and author of award-winning fiction. His first series, Toby Alone and Toby Alone and the Secrets of the Tree has been published in twenty-seven languages and won numerous awards, including France's prestigious Prix Sorcières and the Marsh Award.

James, Holly: -

Holly James is a translator, writer, and editor from the UK. She translates from French, German and Spanish. She currently lives in Paris.

Place, François: -

François Place was born in 1957. After studying at l'école Estienne in Paris, he began working as an illustrator, first in advertising and later in the world of children's books. He has written and illustrated numerous books, which have won him many prizes, including the BolognaRagazzi Award and the Prix Sorcières.

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