{"id":506,"date":"2022-05-07T22:01:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T22:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/?page_id=506"},"modified":"2022-05-13T16:23:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T16:23:16","slug":"children-of-the-quicksands-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/?page_id=506","title":{"rendered":"Children of the Quicksands"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"506\" class=\"elementor elementor-506\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-590e1f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"590e1f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70dd9c5\" data-id=\"70dd9c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2805b71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2805b71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/efua-traore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CQ-out-now-\u2013-GIF.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" playsinline=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f21ea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f21ea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a1dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60a1dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Simi is sent to stay with her grandmother in a remote village deep in the forests of Nigeria. Witch-like and tight-lipped about the past, her grandmother hints at a tragic family secret &#8211; but won&#8217;t tell Simi the truth. Simi is desperate to discover it for herself, but it&#8217;s only when she&#8217;s caught in the red quicksand of a forbidden lake that her adventure truly begins. Along with new friends, Jay and Bubu, Simi must bring her family back together and restore peace to the village &#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0f9b71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b0f9b71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Praise for Children of the Quicksands<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a4423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05a4423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u2018I was swept away by this fast-paced magical-realist debut, which won the Times\/ChickenHouse Children\u2019s Fiction Competition\u2019<\/em><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Fiona Noble\u00a0<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">&#8211; The Bookseller<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A joy of a book: rich, warm, powerful storytelling. A superb debut.\u2019<\/em><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Katherine Rundell<\/em><\/mark><\/strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">&#8211; Author of Roof Toppers<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A thrilling adventure bright with the gorgeous colours of Nigeria \u2013 glorious!\u2019<\/em><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Jasbinder Bilan<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">\u00a0&#8211;<\/mark><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Author of Asha and the Spirit Bird<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u2018<em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">I couldn&#8217;t put this down! Completely immersive &amp; beautiful &#8211; I was with Simi every step of her journey. Daughters, mothers, grandmothers &amp; Yoruba goddesses.<\/em><br \/><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">And I loved contrasting worlds of Lagos &amp; Ajao!\u2019\u00a0<\/em><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Nicola Penfold<\/mark><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<mark class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">&#8211;\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Author of Where the World Turns Wild<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u2018A magical adventure in a beautiful setting\u2019\u00a0<\/em><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Sophie Anderson<\/mark><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">&#8211;\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Author of The House with Chicken Legs<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u2018A dynamic conjuring of Nigerian village life with its characters, food, fragrances and customs\u2026intricately imagined. 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