01503cam a2200313 i 4500 2338327666 TxAuBib 20250612120000.0 220706s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022022058 9781338781922 1338781928 TxAuBib rda Traoré, Efua, author. Children of the quicksands / by Efua Traor. New York : Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2022. 285 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Simi is sent to stay with her long-lost grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. There's no TV, internet or phone. Not a single human sound can be heard at night, just the noise of birds and animals in the dark forest. Her grandmother makes herbal medicines for the villagers, but she won't talk to Simi about their family's past. Something bad must have happened, but what? To find out, Simi goes exploring. Caught in the sinking red quicksand of a forbidden lake, her extraordinary journey begins"-- Provided by publisher. 720L Lexile. 20250612. Grandparent and child Juvenile fiction. Villages Juvenile fiction. Secrecy Juvenile fiction. Juvenile fiction. TXKPL