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Nigeria Jones / Ibi Zoboi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Balzer + Bray, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 369 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062888846
  • 0062888846
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.Z64 Ni 2023
Summary: "A sixteen-year-old girl whose father is the leader of a Black liberation group discovers her own place in the world"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Warrior Princess. That's what Nigeria's father calls her. He's raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother--the perfect matriarch to their Movement--disappears, Nigeria's world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she doesn't want. Nigeria's mother had secrets. She wished for a different life for her children, which includes sending her daughter to a private Quaker school outside of their strict group. Despite her father's disapproval, Nigeria attends the school with her cousin, Kamau, and Sage, who used to be a friend. There, she slowly begins to blossom and expand her universe. As Nigeria searches for her mother, she starts to uncover a shocking truth. One that will lead her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Augusta Public Library Young Adult Area Young Adult YA F ZOBOI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 37010000518791
Book Book Derby Public Library Young Adult Area Young Adult YA Zoboi (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34173002931744
Book Book El Dorado Public Library Young Adult Area Young Adult YA ZOBOI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39922000912980
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Ages 13 up. Balzer + Bray.

"A sixteen-year-old girl whose father is the leader of a Black liberation group discovers her own place in the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Warrior Princess. That's what Nigeria's father calls her. He's raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother--the perfect matriarch to their Movement--disappears, Nigeria's world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she doesn't want. Nigeria's mother had secrets. She wished for a different life for her children, which includes sending her daughter to a private Quaker school outside of their strict group. Despite her father's disapproval, Nigeria attends the school with her cousin, Kamau, and Sage, who used to be a friend. There, she slowly begins to blossom and expand her universe. As Nigeria searches for her mother, she starts to uncover a shocking truth. One that will lead her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family.

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