A Mongo Homecoming (A Two-Worlds Book)

54 pp. "Pauline lives in a city called Kinshasa on the bank of the Congo River in Africa. Her family is of the Mongo people, one of the many groups in the Congo region. When Pauline leaves her house for school in the morning she can see a tall new skyscraper near the post office where her father works. On here way home, she can look out towards the edge of the forest where her ancestors lived for hundreds of years. Five days journey up the river is the tiny village of her grandparents. One day her older brother Robert takes her there for a visit. She gets to know her doctor-magician grandfather and understand his special wisdom. She hears the stories of how her people came out of the deep forest, and learns the many things that make them special."