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Chike and the River

by Chinua Achebe

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When an eleven-year-old Nigerian boy leaves his small village to live with his uncle in the city, he is exposed to a range of new experiences and becomes fascinated with crossing the Niger River on a ferry boat.

Adventure and adventurersBlacksCity and town lifeFictionAdventure storiesBoysThievesJuvenile literatureChildren's stories, Nigerian (English)Children's fictionCities and towns, fictionBlacks, fiction