52 Days by Camel: My Sahara Adventure (Adventure Travel)

From School Library Journal Gr 4-8-An engaging account of an expedition around the western Sahara in the company of an enthusiastic documentor of a varied habitat and its even more varied inhabitants. Chancing upon a road sign decorated with an illustration of a camel caravan and reading (in Arabic and French) "Timbuktu 52 Days," Raskin determined to get there and "see it, smell it, explore it." As the old route is not feasible (no more camel caravans and a plethora of left-behind land mines), he set out from Fez on a series of excursions riding buses, jeeps, trucks, a train, and a camel. Arriving in Timbuktu at last, he continued on to Taoudenni, the source of desert salt reputed to have both medicinal and magical properties. Intermixed with Raskin's lively, if scattershot, narrative are sidebars full of fascinating information: how to bargain in an African market, 10 ways to use a turban (besides wearing it as a hat), how to recycle a bike, etc. Maps accompany each leg of the journey, and the route dots are color-coordinated with dots on the page numbers to keep readers in step with the author. Clear, bright, full-color photos abound. This title's true worth is as a record of one curious individual's pilgrimage off the beaten path, a record that may speak on a deeply personal note to like-minded young readers.-Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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