The Bride Price

The Bride Price is the poignant love story of Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl, and Chike, the son of a prosperous former slave. They are drawn together despite the obstacles standing between them and their happiness, defying even the traditions of tribal life. Aku-nna flees an unwanted marriage to join Chike, only to have her uncle refuse the required bride price from Chike's family. This refusal leads to Aku-nna's haunting fear that she will die in childbirth, the fate, according to tribal lore, awaiting every young girl whose bride price is not paid.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Braziller Books
Published: 05/17/1980
ISBN: 9780807616086
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 32272 / Bride Price
Reading Level: 6.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11