A Place in the World
Publisher
Africana Homestead Legacy
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780983115168
Pages
127 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Set in Baltimore, Ghana, and rural Georgia, a novel of love, marriage, betrayal, divorce, discovery, African heritage, international adoption, racism, and tragedy unfolds. Kwame and Evelyn adopt Kofi whom they adore. After divorce and remarriage, their nationalistic and interracial families clash. Caught between households, Kofi strives to find himself and battles dangerous anxiety attacks.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Adoption; Divorce; Step parent; Interracial; adopted child; adoptive parents; international adoption; divorced parents; separate homes; co-parenting; step mother; step father; interracial family; interracial/transracial adoption
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
Black (Ghanaian) / White
Family Formation
divorced adoptive mother and father; adoptive mother and step father; adoptive father and step mother
Keywords
love; Baltimore, Maryland; Accra, Ghana; Georgia; marriage; betrayal; different cultures; conflict
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Frierson, Malcolm, "A Place in the World" (2011). Diverse Families. 667.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/667