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2012 — by Mara Rockliff and Ann Tanksley

In 1931 Cameroon, young Kedi is upset to learn that children in her American teacher's village of New York are going hungry because of the Great Depression, and she asks her mother, neighbors, and even the headman for money to help. Includes historical notes

Themes

Genres: Non-Fiction

Categories: Beautiful Life, Cross Group

Content: SES Struggle

Settings: Cameroon

Ethnicity: Cameroonian

Immigration: Non-Immigrant

Gender: Female

Race/Culture: Black/African/African American

Cross Group Sub: Central, Direct, Positive

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ISBNs	9780375845697 q(trade hardcover) 0375845690 q(trade hardcover) 9780375945694 q(lib. bdg.) 0375945695 q(lib. bdg.) 9780375987281 q(ebook) 0375987282 q(ebook)
Author	Rockliff, Mara
Title	My heart will not sit down / cby Mara Rockliff ; illustrated by Ann Tanksley
Edition	1st ed
Published	New York : bAlfred A. Knopf, c[2012] c©2012
Physical Description	1 volume (unpaged) : bcolor illustrations ; c26 cm
Summary	In 1931 Cameroon, young Kedi is upset to learn that children in her American teacher's village of New York are going hungry because of the Great Depression, and she asks her mother, neighbors, and even the headman for money to help. Includes historical notes
Subject	Charity Schools Depressions Charity. Depressions. Schools.
Subject	Cameroon New York (N.Y.) Cameroon. New York (State)
Genre/Form	Fiction. History. Juvenile works.
Illustrator	Tanksley, Ann, eillustrator