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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Figgy
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y separately published work icon Figgy in the World Tamsin Janu , Parkside : Omnibus Books , 2014 6961121 2014 single work children's fiction children's

'Figgy has two problems. One is her name. Nobody in Ghana has that name. The other is that her grandmother is ill and needs special medicine. Figgy can't do much about her name, but she can do something for Grandma Ama. She will go to America and bring back the medicine, and Kwame, her special goat, will go with her. Out in the wide world she will meet some bad people, but she will also find good friends.' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Figgy and the President Tamsin Janu , Parkside : Omnibus Books , 2016 9162533 2016 single work children's fiction children's

'Figgy and Nana love to talk about their future. Nana wants to be President of Ghana. Deciding on a career isn't as easy for Figgy, but then she lands the role of a lifetime as an actress in a film. When Figgys Mama shows up, sick and expecting a baby, and Nanas father takes him away, Figgy has more important things to think about and some growing up to do. ' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Figgy Takes the City Tamsin Janu , Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2017 11532463 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Both Nana and Figgy receive scholarships to attend the Hope College in Ghana's big city, Accra. Figgy and Nana will have to leave behind the village and family they love, meet lots of new people and learn new things. Figgy does not want to go, but Grandma Ama says she must. But Nana begins acting strange and he will not tell Figgy what he is doing when he disappears from school on the weekends. When Figgy follows him one day, to a place that is scary and sad, she must convince him that he will always be a part of her family, no matter where he comes from. And she learns that sometimes change is not so bad -- especially if you have somewhere and someone to go home to.' (Publication summary)

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First known date: 2016
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