The secret of the mountain
By: by Esther Linfield.
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Xhosa (African people) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction.; Xhosa (African people) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.; Africa, Southern -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Follows the adventures of a fifteen-year-old Xhosa boy living in the cattle lands of south-eastern Africa as he undergoes the rituals to attain manhood and takes his place as a responsible member of his community.