The Resource Born on a Tuesday : a novel, Elnathan John
Born on a Tuesday : a novel, Elnathan John
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- Summary
- In the far reaches of northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys that are paid by the Small Party to cause trouble during the election. When their attempt to burn down the opposition's headquarters ends in disaster, Dantala must run for his life, leaving his best friend behind. He ends up at a mosque in a motor park where he soon becomes a favored apprentice to the mosque's Sheikh. He is assigned a roommate name Jibril, and a friendship develops as the boys trade language skills -- Dantala's Arabic for Jibril's English. But when one of the Sheikh's closest advisors begins to raise his own radical movement, Dantala finds himself faced with a terrible conflict of loyalties. As bloodshed erupts in the city around him, he must decide what kind of Muslim -- and what kind of man -- he wants to be
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Born on a Tuesday : a novel
- Title
- Born on a Tuesday
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Elnathan John
- Subject
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- truePolitical violence
- trueApprentices
- Bildungsromans
- Boys -- Nigeria -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Gangs -- Nigeria -- Fiction
- trueGrowing up
- trueIslam
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMosques
- trueMuslims
- trueNigeria
- Nigeria -- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Religious fundamentalism -- Fiction
- trueStreet life
- trueStudents
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the far reaches of northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys that are paid by the Small Party to cause trouble during the election. When their attempt to burn down the opposition's headquarters ends in disaster, Dantala must run for his life, leaving his best friend behind. He ends up at a mosque in a motor park where he soon becomes a favored apprentice to the mosque's Sheikh. He is assigned a roommate name Jibril, and a friendship develops as the boys trade language skills -- Dantala's Arabic for Jibril's English. But when one of the Sheikh's closest advisors begins to raise his own radical movement, Dantala finds himself faced with a terrible conflict of loyalties. As bloodshed erupts in the city around him, he must decide what kind of Muslim -- and what kind of man -- he wants to be
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2016
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10488793
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1982-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- John, Elnathan
- Dewey number
- 813
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9387.9.J63
- LC item number
- B67 2016
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Religious fundamentalism
- Gangs
- Friendship
- Boys
- Nigeria
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Born on a Tuesday : a novel, Elnathan John
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802124821
- Lccn
- 2016478553
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 922911627
- (OCoLC)922911627
- Label
- Born on a Tuesday : a novel, Elnathan John
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802124821
- Lccn
- 2016478553
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 922911627
- (OCoLC)922911627
Subject
- truePolitical violence
- trueApprentices
- Bildungsromans
- Boys -- Nigeria -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Gangs -- Nigeria -- Fiction
- trueGrowing up
- trueIslam
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMosques
- trueMuslims
- trueNigeria
- Nigeria -- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Religious fundamentalism -- Fiction
- trueStreet life
- trueStudents
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