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Jakarta Missing

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By Jane Kurtz
Publisher HaperCollins Publishers
Jakarta Missing
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Dakar is scared. When her family left East Africa to spend a year or two in Cottonwood, North Dakota, Dakars older sister, Jakarta, was adamant about staying behind. Now Jakarta is all by herself in Kenya...and shes missing.Its terrible to go through life cringing, sure that at any minute a blow is going to come from somewhere. Dakar doesnt want to worry, but she cant help it. What if Jakarta was in the middle of a Nairobi bombing? What if Mom gets caught by hoodies and forced back into that place when Jakarta isnt even there to help? What if Dad decides to go off to save lives and is seized by some mysterious disease? If Dakar were able to do three really brave things, would that be enough to keep her family together?Almost everything in Cottonwood, North Dakota, requires bravery from a girl who has grown up in Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Senegal. The possibility of a new friend, navigating a new school, and preparing for snow the first Dakar will ever see is the least of it. Jakarta is missing ... when shes home and when shes not. And for Jakarta, Dakar will battle the universe.

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51292 words51,292 words
272 pages272 pages
Lexile 660LLexile 660L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 2001Published 2001

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Book ISBN:

9780060294014

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