Publisher's Synopsis
Adoma's dream appears to be taking shape when she finally starts school, but she quickly learns that children can be as cruel as adults.
In her desperate quest for knowledge, Adoma finds a firm friend and fights a bitter foe. She never anticipated that Nana Edu II, the Chief of Anomansa, would summon her. A heart-wrenching story about a fisherman's daughter who refuses to let anyone get in the way of her quest for education. Set in the coastal town of Elmina, on the Gold Coast of Africa.
