As she tries to escape her mother's efforts to plait-a-plait and string-a-bead her hair, a young girl imagines herself running away into a jungle.
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About the Author:
Rita Williams-Garcia is the author of several acclaimed novels for young adult readers including Fast Talk on a Slow Track, a Parents Choice Honor book and Like Sisters on the Home Front, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Inspired to write Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee by a daughter who would do everything in her power to avoid getting her hair combed and braided, Rita knows that wherever there's a waiting bed or bath or comb, you're sure to find a Wild Waiyuuzee. Rita lives in Jamaica, New York, and she is the mother of two daughters.
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- PublisherAtria
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1416961410
- ISBN 13 9781416961413
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages40
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