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Key moments of Ada’s young life—her mother’s descent into addiction, her father’s attempts to create a home for his American daughter more like the one he knew in Nigeria, her first year at a historically black college—are weaved together into a luminous and inspiring verse novel. More about this book >
candice iloh is the award-winning author of young adult novels Every Body Looking, Break This House, and Salt the Water. A 2020 National Book Award Finalist and 2021 Printz Award Honoree, candice is a first-generation Nigerian-American writer whose books center home. They are a 2023-2025 Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellow in the Arts and received the 2024 Leeway Foundation Transformation Award. candice’s debut picture book EMEKA: EAT EGUSI! is forthcoming.
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