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Wind Rises, The (Alma series)
Timothée de Fombelle
Illustrator: François Place
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Europa Editions
ISBN: 978-1-60945-787-7
Keywords: Adventure, Africa, slave trade, pirates, slavery, Caribbean
The lives of a young African girl and a young European stowaway on board a slave ship in 1786 intertwine. Meticulously written. Finely detailed black-and-white illustrations.