Overview
When Ada leaves home for her freshmanĀ year at a Historically Black College, itās the first time sheās ever been so far from her familyāand the first time that sheās been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her pastāher motherās struggle with addiction, her Nigerian fatherās attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future.
āCandice Ilohās beautifully crafted narrative about family, belonging, sexuality, and telling our deepest truths in order to be whole is at once immensely readable and ultimately healing.āāJacqueline Woodson, New York Times Bestselling Author of Brown Girl Dreaming
āAn essentialāand emotionally gripping and masterfully written and compulsively readableāaddition to the coming-of-age canon.āāNic Stone, New York Times Bestselling Author of Dear Martin
āThis is a story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set onthe backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the familydynamic, culturally and socially. About childhood secrets with sharp teeth.Ā And ultimately, about a liberation that taunts every young person.āĀ āJason Reynolds, New York Times Bestselling Author of Long Way Down
This book title, Every Body Looking, ISBN: 9780525556206, by Candice Iloh, published by Penguin Young Readers Group (September 22, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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