Kathleen Flanagan Rollins

Misfits and Heroes: West from Africa Kathleen Flanagan Rollins

Marc Notes: ; Naaba begins it when he releases Asha from her bonds and they head off to the river, together, two misfits with a dark past and an uncertain future. But many others will become part of it before the journey is through: strangers and friends joining forces as they face their enemies, without and within, and the perils of the journey will test them all, so that their actions, even their failures, will shape their new identity in a very different world, as friends, as lovers, and as individuals--P. [4] of cover.. Publisher Marketing: A thief offers a woman a chance at a new life by cutting her bonds, beginning a journey that will take both of them downriver and out to the coast of West Africa. The time is 12,000 BC, and war is breaking out between the villages on the coast. Frantic to escape, the two travelers join others fleeing the chaos of battle. They think they'll be safe if they head down the coast by boat, but the sea sweeps them out into a new, very different world and a destiny they couldn't have imagined. Review Citations: Kirkus Best Books 12/01/2011 pg. 2253 (EAN 9781453755037, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Rollins, Kathleen Flanagan Kathleen Flanagan Rollins worked as a composition and literature professor at Mott College in Flint, Michigan. While there, she developed an interest in early explorers in the Americas. This interest only grew when she traveled to ancient sites in Guatemala and Mexico. Inspired by her adventures, Rollins began her popular Misfits and Heroes series. This includes "Misfits and Heroes: West from Africa", which was listed as one of Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2011, and "Past the Last Island". Both books received five-star reviews from Foreword Clarion Reviews. The latest addition to the Misfits and Heroes series, "A Meeting of Clans", is now available.