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Learn more1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley. Alma sets out to find him, but she soon must face terrible dangers in a continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home becomes a harrowing adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her people. Meanwhile, in Lisbon, Joseph Mars, an orphan turned petty thief devises a great plan to land himself aboard a slave ship, The Sweet Amelie, on the ultimate quest: to find a pirate’s treasure in the far reaches of the Caribbean. But as time passes, he learns he's not alone in his hunger for the treasure, which forces him to rethink the true purpose of his presence aboard The Sweet Amelie. The destinies of a large cast of characters, including Alma and Joseph, become intertwined both on land and at sea in this unforgettable adventure of resilience and compassion as de Fombelle quietly elucidates the slave trade and the infamous Middle Passage for middle grade and YA listeners.
Timothée de Fombelle is a Paris-based playwright and the author of award-winning fiction. His novel Toby Alone and its sequel, Toby Alone and the Secrets of the Tree, have been published in twenty-seven languages and won numerous awards, including France’s prestigious Prix Sorcières and the Marsh Award.
Waceke Wambaa is a voiceover artist with a passion for storytelling. She has experience with medical and corporate narration, commercials, documentaries, explainer videos, promos, audiobooks, and more. In her spare time, she can be found dabbling in her backyard, singing, acting, writing books, and volunteering as a reader at North Carolina Reading Service.
Holly James is a translator, writer, and editor from the UK. She translates from French, German, and Spanish. She currently lives in Paris.