
Until the Day Arrives (Hardback)
Ana Maria Machado (author), Jane Springer (translator)
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144 Pages /
Published: 27/11/2014
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A fast-moving middle-grade novel set in the 17th century about two Portuguese orphans who are sent to Brazil, where they encounter slaves from Africa. The novel opens when Bento is wrongly thrown into Lisbon's prison, leaving his younger sibling, Manu, to fend for himself. Fortunately, a nobleman's family reunites the siblings although they will have be exiled to Brazil. They keep secret the fact that Manu is a girl in disguise so that she can accompany her brother aboard ship. The story shifts to the African savannah, where a young boy, Odjigi, is hunting gazelle with his father and other men. But the hunters are kidnapped by slave traders, as are the women and children of the village. In Brazil the siblings adapt to their new lives, but they are shocked by the treatment of African slaves. Manu befriends an aboriginal boy, Caiubi, and a slave, Didi, who has been separated from his father. Meanwhile Bento falls in love with Rosa, a beautiful young slave who is also searching for her family. When Manu learns about quilombos villages hidden deep in the forest where slaves live in freedom she is determined to help Didi and Rosa escape.
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
ISBN: 9781554984558
Number of pages: 144
Weight: 255 g
Dimensions: 191 x 127 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"Machado's finely sketched characters and settings propel this historical novel . . . This brief but action-packed novel offers memorable insights into slavery, colonial life, and the promise of freedom." - Publishers Weekly
Praise for From Another World:
"[O]ffers a fascinating picture of Brazil's culture and history, cleverly wrapped in a ghost story." School Library Journal
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