{"product_id":"children-of-the-quicksands","title":"Children of the Quicksands","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booktrust.org.uk\/book\/c\/children-of-the-quicksands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Book Trust UK Efua Traore\"\u003eClick here to checkout Book Trust UK's review\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chickenhousebooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Children-of-Quicksands_SAMPLE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Children of Quicksand PDF Extract\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eClick here to view an extract on the Chicken House Publisher website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSimi is sent to stay with her grandmother in a remote village deep in the forests of Nigeria. Witch-like and tight-lipped about the past, her grandmother hints at a tragic family secret - but won't tell Simi the truth. Simi is desperate to discover it for herself, but it's only when she's caught in the red quicksand of a forbidden lake that her adventure truly begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with new friends, Jay and Bubu, Simi must bring her family back together and restore peace to the village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2019 Times\/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition, Children of the Quicksands is a richly imagined magical realist adventure set in West Africa by a new voice in children’s writing, Efua Traoré.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erecommended age 9 years plus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdventure, Fantasy \u0026amp; Family\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEfua Traoré\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 198mm W: 135mm Spine: 21mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 220 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHICKEN HOUSE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183624855702,"sku":"9781913322366","price":19.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/9781913322366.jpg?v=1638867362","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/children-of-the-quicksands","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}