At the Crossroads
by Rachel Isadora
Publication Date: Feb 18, 1994
List Price: $7.99
Format: Paperback, 32 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Early Reader
ISBN13: 9780688131036
Imprint: Greenwillow Books
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
Paperback Description:
The children of a South African village eagerly gather at the crossroads to welcome their fathers, who have been away for months working in the mines. The children wait, but the men don’t come. So the children keep waiting. And waiting. They wait all through the night, until the dawn brings both the day and the longed-for loved ones.A "lively portrayal of young children in a South African village eagerly awaiting their fathers’ homecoming after ten months of working in the mines….A unique glimpse…and one that deserves a place in all collections."—School Library Journal
The children of a South African village eagerly gather at the crossroads to welcome their fathers, who have been away for months working in the mines. The children wait, but the men don’t come. So the children keep waiting. And waiting. They wait all through the night, until the dawn brings both the day and the longed-for loved ones.A "lively portrayal of young children in a South African village eagerly awaiting their fathers’ homecoming after ten months of working in the mines….A unique glimpse…and one that deserves a place in all collections."—School Library Journal
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