Theme of the Box
Description by Book Box Club
Pack your bags book-lovers, our theme for October will be FROM AFAR and will celebrate cultures, places and people from around the world.
Our October book is a tale of twin sisters, separated by a brutal raid in their hometown; they will spend their teenage years trying to find their way back to one another. As they are cast adrift, they will face danger and discover new places, cultures and families, but can their shared dreams pull them back together again?
Written by a brilliant Ghanaian author and set partly in West Africa and partly in Brazil, this stunning paperback will transport you with its evocative language, historical detail and vivid characters.
Here in the UK, there’s a real shortage of YA books with non-western authors writing about their native countries. We are so thrilled to be able to introduce you to this brilliant book, which is a wonderful heart-felt story about cultures we knew so little about.
The Items
Readers of South Korea Mug
Designed by: Cindy Kang
Chai Hot Chocolate
Designed by: The Spice Kitchen
Kingdom of Arawiya Room Spray
Designed by: Bookish Bazaar
The Deep Blue Between Tea Towel
Designed by: Helen Crawford-White
From Afar Reading Print
Designed by: Book Box Club
Featured Books : The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna Attah
Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina’s home is in ruins after a brutal raid. But this is not the end but the beginning of their story, one that will take them to unfamiliar cities and cultures, where they will forge new families, ward off dangers and truly begin to know themselves.
As the twins pursue separate paths in Brazil and the Gold Coast of West Africa, they remain connected through shared dreams of water. But will their fates ever draw them back together?
The tea towel is so pretty, I don’t want to use it. I love the sound of the books so this is one well picked.
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