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      Story for a Black Night

      by Clayton Bess
      Published
      Apr 1982
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      112
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      One dark night, an African father tells the story of another black night long ago when he, Momo, was a small boy—when he lay awake in his house in the bush, with his mother and grandmother and baby sister—when there came a knock on the door and evil crashed into his world. He tells of his strong, loving, gentle-hearted mother and her suffering to the very edge of death. And he tells of the old giant cottonwood tree that stood as a life spirit to them all. It is a story of beauty and tragedy, of a family confronting danger and dilemma, of a people enduring disorder and change. Its drama will hold the reader spellbound to the end.

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      General Fiction

      Age Level

      Young Adult / Teens

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      Nov 2004 Graphia Books ISBN 0618494839
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      First Edition Apr 1982 Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395318572
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      Jan 2002 Lookout Press ISBN 188240503X
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