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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A 1996 Newbery Honor novel by Nancy Farmer. While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
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Bring My Brown Pants: The first time she sees a landmine go off, Nhamo wets herself in fear.
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The Aloner: Nhamo goes through this during her months on the island.
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The '80s: The story begins in 1980, and recent historical events such as the Rhodesian Bush War and the presence of soldiers from the Mozambique Liberation Front influence the plot.
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Innocent Inaccurate: On her first night in Zimbabwe, Nhamo watches a white couple and their children being waited on by a black servant. She assumes the woman is the husband's junior wife, and doesn't understand how he could then be racist against black people.
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