She would be king /
Moore, Wayétu,
She would be king / Wayétu Moore. - 294 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him. When the three meet in the settlement of Monrovia, their gifts help them salvage the tense relationship between the African American settlers and the indigenous tribes, as a new nation forms around them. -- Adapted from jacket.
9781555978174 1555978177
2018934484
019125138 Uk
1847-1944
FICTION--Literary.
FICTION--African American--Historical.
FICTION--African American--Women.
Outcasts.
Ability.
Liberia--History--1847-1944--Fiction.
Liberia.
Liberia--History--19th century--Fiction.
Magic realism (Literature)
Historical fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Novels.
PS3613.O5687 2018 / S54 2018
813/.6
She would be king / Wayétu Moore. - 294 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him. When the three meet in the settlement of Monrovia, their gifts help them salvage the tense relationship between the African American settlers and the indigenous tribes, as a new nation forms around them. -- Adapted from jacket.
9781555978174 1555978177
2018934484
019125138 Uk
1847-1944
FICTION--Literary.
FICTION--African American--Historical.
FICTION--African American--Women.
Outcasts.
Ability.
Liberia--History--1847-1944--Fiction.
Liberia.
Liberia--History--19th century--Fiction.
Magic realism (Literature)
Historical fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Novels.
PS3613.O5687 2018 / S54 2018
813/.6