AUTHOR: Anton Quintana
ILLUSTRATOR: Dav
Pilkey
GENRE:
Youth Fiction
SUB
GENRE: Adventure
AWARD(S):
2000 Mildred Batchelder Award Winner
THEME: East Africa, Kenya, warriors.
PRIMARY
AND SECONDARY CHARACTERS:
Morengaru
DATE
OF PUBLICATION AND PUBLISHER: 1999, Walker and Co., New York.
SUMMARY: This book tells the story of Morengaru. He is
a young warrior who has been cast out of the village. His mother is
a member of the Kikuyu tribe and his father is a Masai. These two tribes are very different. The Kikuyu are farmers, while the Masai are
warriors. One day Morengaru kills a
leopard and the Kikuyu villagers are happy.
What happens next will shock you! A little boy wearing the leopard skin,
sneaks up on Morengaru who has just awoken from a deep sleep. You will have to
read the book to find out all the exciting details. A definite must read!
HOW
I WOULD USE THIS BOOK AS A TEACHER: I would use this book as part of a lesson in
multiculturalism.
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