| The Bride Price Contributor(s): Emecheta, Buchi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807616087 ISBN-13: 9780807616086 Publisher: Braziller Books OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1980 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.81 lbs) 170 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 32272 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Bride Price is the poignant love story of Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl, and Chike, the son of a prosperous former slave. They are drawn together despite the obstacles standing between them and their happiness, defying even the traditions of tribal life. Aku-nna flees an unwanted marriage to join Chike, only to have her uncle refuse the required bride price from Chike's family. This refusal leads to Aku-nna's haunting fear that she will die in childbirth, the fate, according to tribal lore, awaiting every young girl whose bride price is not paid. |