Hardy, Leanne. The wooden ox, a novel.Kregel Books (PO. Box 2607, Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , MI.) 192p. map. c2002. 0-8254-2794-0. $6.99. JS The author draws on her considerable missionary experience in Mozambique and the personal accounts of others caught in that country's civil war in the 1980s. The story is narrated by 13-year-old Keri Anderson, who is kidnapped Kidnapped caught in the intrigues of Scottish factions, David Balfour and Alan Breck are shipwrecked, escape from the king’s soldiers, and undergo great dangers. [Br. Lit.: R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped] See : Adventurousness with her parents and 7-year-old brother after the family had been giving donated clothing to poor villagers. Rebels march the family over rough terrain and through many precarious adventures, until they finally reach a negotiated release on the Zimbabwean border. Suspense is sustained as Keri's emotions run the gamut See color gamut. gamut - The gamut of a monitor is the set of colours it can display. There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be displayed by any monitor. , even to questioning God. Christian piety pi·e·ty n. pl. pi·e·ties 1. The state or quality of being pious, especially: a. Religious devotion and reverence to God. b. is part of the Anderson's family life; its inclusion here is appropriate. A brief map and a glossary of non-English words and their pronunciation introduce the story. The afterword af·ter·word n. See epilogue. further explains "the situation" that brought so much suffering to the people of Mozambique, and the author declares this is "a story of people caught in the middle." This simply told tale will be a welcome addition to the few books for YAs about the conflict in southeast Africa. |
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