Misfits and Heroes: West from Africa - revised version

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.

Author: Kathleen Flanagan Rollins
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 11/04/2010
Pages: 442
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781453755037

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Best Books 12/01/2011 pg. 2253

About the Author
After receiving her Masters degree in English, Rollins taught composition and literature, including World Literature and Latin American Literature, and became fascinated by the extraordinary wealth of ancient Mesoamerican culture, which is often overlooked in history books. This research, as well as travel to ancient sites in Africa, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, provided the inspiration for this book. It deals with early explorers in the Western Hemisphere - amazing people who dared to leave everything they knew behind and create a new life in a new world.

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