The Village That Vanished, (Paperback)

from jcardwell04

Story about the Yao tribe outwhitting the "slavers" who are comming to enslave the tribe. The tribe burries their tents and all their goods and moves away from their home, leaving one silent old woman to fend off the slavers.

from debrasw

Summary: this is a story about a story teller telling the story of their village and how it vanished when the slave trappers were coming to get the people. The people though were cunning and new that in order to get away they needed to make the trappers believe they never existed. so they set out...

from Mluke04

This is an example of historical fiction because the characters in the story are made up, but the events in the story are based on history. There were African slave traders who captured other Africans and sold them to white traders. This story is told in the style of an African folk teller. This ...

from kadirgroup

A courageous young girl and her village must put their faith in their ancestors and trust each other to find a way to hide from slave catchers. Kadir Nelson uses a technique in his artwork that give each illustration a feeling of age. This story has been passed down generation after generation an...

from Jill.Haner

I really liked this story. I meant to grab a different book by Grifalconi, but this one was amazing. A story of slavery, faith, and courage. The name of the tribe is also mentioned, and that is important. Not all cultures are the same in Africa, I think its important to make that clear in the sto...