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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"One of the most vital and original novelists of her generation." -Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker
From the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists
Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They're completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili...
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English
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"After losing both her older sister and her father, seventeen-year-old Nani, drawn to a self-proclaimed man of God who offers her a new place to belong, finds herself tethered to an abusive husband by her children and must find the courage to break free without losing what she loves most"--
3) Freshwater
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Language
English
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An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born with one foot on the other side. Unsettling, heartwrenching, dark, and powerful, Freshwater is a sharp evocation of a rare way of experiencing the world, one that illuminates how we all construct our identities. Ada begins her life in the...
4) Sunburst
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Series
Sky King Ranch volume 2
Language
English
Description
When former Navy Seal and lifelong bachelor Ranger Kingston is called upon to take part in a rescue mission to save his brother Colt, who has been kidnapped by terrorists in Nigeria, he is shocked to find among the hostages, a woman he knows and could never forget.
Noemi Sutton was attempting to return a young girl to her family in Boko Haran territory, when she and the girl found themselves taken hostage, along with several others.
And while Ranger...
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