After the rain / adapted from the short story "On the road" by Nnedi Okorafor ; written by John Jennings ; illustrated by David Brame ; lettering by Damian Duffy.
The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is ve...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Abrams ComicArts,
2021.
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MSU: In dust jacket. |
| Physical Description: | 126 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is very wrong. Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive. John Jennings and David Brame's graphic novel collaboration uses bold art and colors to powerfully tell this tale of identity and destiny. |
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| Note: | "Adapted from the short story "On the Road" by Nnedi Okorafor, originally published in the anthology Kabu Kabu by Prime Books in 2013"--Colophon. |
| Call Number: | PN6727.B6287 A34 2021 |
| ISBN: | 9781419743559 1419743554 |