No laughter here
By: Rita Williams-Garcia.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: Friendship -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; Coming of age -- Fiction; Female circumcision -- Fiction; Nigerian Americans -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.