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Title: No Condition Is Permanent by Cristina Kessler, Christina Kessler, Patricia Lee Gauch, Raul Colon ISBN: 0-399-23486-1 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: January, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Croosing Lines Between Two Cultures
Comment: No condition is permanent, things can never stay the same, it just takes time to change; especially tring to change something that has been there for generations. For two girls from different cultures to accept one culture of eachother needs time, even things that are harsh but always believe in that everything can be chaged, all it needs is time to chage things.
Rating: 5
Summary: No Condition is Permanent
Comment: Only Cristina can capture the full flavor of Africa, make us laugh, while at the same time bringing major issues to the our consciousness. Anyone who has lived in the west can relate to Jodie's reluctance to acompany her mother to Sierra Leone, a country that she thinks to be backward, compared to the US. Yet many a traveller will nod at the lessons she learns once she gets there, and the new eyes with which she sees this vast and beautiful land. More than a book about the developing friendship between two young girls with strong personalities, this important book is about the meeting of two proud cultures, and the need for those cultures to respect each other. Cristina handles cultural issues with sensitivity and humor. Youth from all over the world will find themselves in the characters portrayed here, as they travel from America to Africa and back again. By the time I finished reading the book, I was speaking Krio along with Jodie, and I wanted to visit Sierra Leone. I can only hope that there will be a sequel to look forward to. Thank you, Cristina
Rating: 5
Summary: Another exciting book by Kessler
Comment: Cristina Kessler's NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT is in the same spirit of her first book, ONE NIGHT; a tale well told. Her book reflects an increasingly shrinking world where western values clash with older, more rooted rituals, where one viewpoint is inherently different from another. Kessler tackles the difficult subject of female circumcision with clarity and understanding of only someone who has lived in West Africa. The frustrations that accompany this situation are transcended by a heartfelt friendship. NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT is a well-developed story that kept this reader's interest from the first page to the last.
Beth Hollis, School Librarian
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Title: Jubela by Cristina Kessler, JoEllen McAllister Stammen ISBN: 0689818955 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: My Great-Grandmother's Gourd by Cristina Kessler, Walter Lyon Krudop, Walter Lynn Krudop ISBN: 0531302849 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Things Fall Apart : A Novel by Chinua Achebe ISBN: 0385474547 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: One Night: A Story from the Desert by Cristina Kessler, Ian Schoenherr ISBN: 0399227261 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: All the King's Animals: The Return of Endangered Wildlife to Swaziland by Cristina Kessler, Mswati III ISBN: 1563979403 Publisher: Boyds Mills Pr Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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