Bibliograph

Aluta, Adwoa Badoe

Type

Label

Aluta, Adwoa Badoe

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

14-19, Brodart

resource.interestGradeLevel

9-12, Brodart

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Aluta

Oclc number

932844305

Responsibility statement

Adwoa Badoe

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.7, 8Reading Counts, High School, 5.7, 13

Summary

For eighteen-year-old Charlotte, university life is better than shed ever dreamed a sophisticated and generous roommate, the camaraderie of dorm living, parties, clubs and boyfriends. Most of all, Charlotte is exposed to new ideas, and in 1981 Ghana, this may be the most exciting and most dangerous adventure of all.At first Charlotte basks in her wonderful new freedom, especially being out of the watchful eye of her controlling and opinionated father. She suddenly finds herself with no shortage of male attention, including her charismatic political science professor, fellow student activist Banahene, and Asare, a wealthy oil broker who invites Charlotte to travel with him and showers her with expensive gifts, including a coveted passport.But Ghana is fraught with a history of conflict. And in the middle of her freshman year, the government is overthrown, and three judges are abducted and murdered. As political forces try to mobilize students to advance their own agendas, Charlotte is drawn into the world of student politics. Shes good at it, shes impassioned, and shes in love with Banahene. The struggle continues! Aluta! Aluta continua! she shouts, rallying the crowd with the slogan of the oppressed. But her love of the spotlight puts her in the public eye. And when Asare entrusts her with a mysterious package of documents, she suddenly realizes she may be in real danger.But its too late. As she is on her way to a meeting, Charlotte is picked up by national security, and her worst nightmares come true. And in the end, she must make a difficult and complicated decision about whether to leave her education, and her beloved Ghana, behind.A heartfelt story told with uncompromising honesty, about what happens when youthful idealism meets the harsh realities of power.A heartfelt story told with uncompromising honesty, about what happens when youthful idealism meets the harsh realities of power

Target audience

adolescent

Classification