In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them. The year is 2194, and Tendai, his brother, and his sister ' the children of Zimbabwei₂s chief of security, have escaped from their father's estate to explore the dangerous city of Harare. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm was a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Notable Children' Book, a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, and received a Golden Kite Award, and a Parents, Choice Award. It received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
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