3rd - 4th Grade

Thomas, Dawn

KAI A MISSION FOR HER VILLAGE, AFRICA, 1440 Book 1 Girlhood Journeys series In fifteenth-century Africa, Kai and her beautiful but lazy older sister Jamila undertake a perilous four-day journey to another Yoruba village, seeking help for their starving tribe after the blight of the yam crop.

1996

71 p.

Welch, Leona Nicholas

KAI THE LOST STATUE, AFRICA, 1440 Book 3 Girlhood Journeys series Continues the adventures of Kai, a young girl from the Yoruba village of Oyo who lives in 1440 and who considers revenge against the thief when her fine piece of sculpture disappears.

1997

65 p.