Book
The Mzungu Boy
by Meja Mwangi
- Published
- 2005
- Genre
- Fiction
- Pages
- 160
- Words
- 33084
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.5
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 700L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–17
Set in the 1950s, this is a story about village life in Kenya as seen through a child's eyes. It was a time of growing violence that was about to change the structure of colonial Africa.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780888996534
- ISBN-10
- 0888996535
Tags
ALSC NotablesContinents-AfricaHistory-1950sHistory-World HistoryPeople-ChildrenRealistic FictionSocial Issues-Violence