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Hachette Audio

9781668610770

STARRED REVIEW

The Door of No Return

Ghanian British actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith brings spellbinding intensity and strong, authentic accents to his narration of Kwame Alexander’s novel, breathing life into both the young narrator and his storytelling grandfather.

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Review of ‘The Door of No Return’

Kwame Alexander’s Ghana-set historical middle grade novel, The Door of No Return (3.5 hours), unfolds from the perspective of an 11-year-old boy named Kofi, whose story focuses on his family, his village and a special girl named Ama. Ghanaian British actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith brings spellbinding intensity and strong, authentic accents to his…

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