"At once vivid and simple, lyrical and surgical, expressive and exacting, comforting and cutting"
- Lupita Nyong'o,
"a gripping coming-of-age story"
Guardian
"An intensely powerful coming-of-age story steeped in African tradition and mythology"
Waterstones
"Yet another brilliant, engrossing verse novel - Kwame Alexander is one of the greats"
- Sarah Crossan,
"[Alexander's] most ambitious work to date... This is a powerful work which draws much of its power from its portrayal of Kofi's life among the Asante and Kofi's restlessly upbeat and curious, if rather innocent, nature"
Books for Keeps
"This illuminating, lyrical trilogy-opener follows a West African boy’s journey from his Asante Kingdom hometown to the brutal crossing of a ferocious sea"
LoveReading4Kids