Fort Morgan Public Library

Back cover- "What happens when a spirit child is rejected by both sides? Will they wither away, or struggle for acceptance in a world that spits them out? A young girl, rejected at birth by her father, reincarnates in a more acceptable body to the chagrin of her spirit relatives. Daring ostracism, she plunges headfirst into a human experience plagued by poverty, hunger and strife. Will Sakabula survive? Or, will she cave in and return to the world...

As a young Igbo man, Amadi does not understand why his mother insists he learn to read, since he already knows his numbers and will be a businessman one day, but an older boy teaches him the value of learning about the world through books.

Okonkwo is a great warrior and one of the powerful men in his village. When white missionaries and government bureaucrats threaten their tribal customs, he takes violent action.