Dream country

Resource Information

The work Dream country represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Dream country

Statement of responsibility

Shannon Gibney

Creator

• Gibney, Shannon

Author

• Gibney, Shannon

Subject

• Americans -- Liberia -- Fiction
• Americans -- Liberia -- Juvenile fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Families -- Liberia -- Juvenile fiction
• Families -- Minnesota -- Juvenile fiction
• Family life -- Liberia -- Fiction
• Family life -- Minnesota -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• Liberia -- History -- 1847-1944 -- Fiction
• Liberia -- History -- 1847-1944 -- Juvenile fiction
• Liberia -- History -- To 1847 -- Fiction
• Liberia -- History -- To 1847 -- Juvenile fiction
• African Americans -- Fiction
• Liberian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Fiction
• Refugees -- Fiction
• Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
• Slavery -- Fiction
• Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Liberian Americans -- Fiction
• African Americans -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Historical fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Fiction
• Domestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• "Spanning two centuries and two continents, Dream Country is the story of five generations of young people caught in a spiral of death and exile between Liberia and the United States"--
• "Dream Country is the story of five generations of young people from one African American family chasing an elusive dream across centuries and continents. Gibney conjures an ambitious, sinuous novel from a family tree twisted to its breaking point by slavery and colonialism but ultimately held together by hope and determination"--

Assigning source

• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.1.G5

LC item number

Dre 2018

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adolescent