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Speak No Evil



by
Uzodinma Iweala

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
HarperCollins
Imprint
Harper
ISBN
9780061284922

Awards and Honors
Library Journal Best Books, Fiction - 2018
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Strong Language, Discrimination: Reference/Discussion, Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes, Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Drug Use/Abuse, Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Underage Use, Discrimination: Sexuality
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On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. ButNiru has a painful secret: he is queer—an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Strong Language, Discrimination: Reference/Discussion, Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes, Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Drug Use/Abuse, Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Underage Use, Discrimination: Sexuality

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

224

Trim Size

9" x 6"

Dewey

F

AR

0: points 0

Lexile

950L

Genre

Fiction

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

May 2018

Book Genres


Topics

High school. Friendship. Nigerian families. Homosexuality. Police shootings.

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Praise & Reviews

Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:

Booklist*, School Library Journal*

School Library Journal

Niru laughs with his older brother about their father’s “Nigeriatoma”—a word they made up to explain the “acute swelling of ego and pride” that turns Obi into a grandiose and aggressive man when he visits his native Nigeria. In the words of poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, in America, Obi “wears the mask” among the professional elite of Washington, DC. Modest and deferential, he and his wife Ify, a doctor, raise two sons who quietly excel. That is, until Niru, a high school senior, teetotaler, and track star headed for Harvard, admits that he’s gay. While Ify surreptitiously schools herself online about parenting a gay child, Obi rushes Niru back to Nigeria for deprogramming by an Igbo priest. But Meredith—Niru’s white female American best friend—helps Niru stay out of the closet, calling Obi’s emergency Nigerian trip a “kidnapping.” Iweala’s (Beasts of No Nation) second novel is no less ambitious than his breakout debut. When someone drugs Meredith’s drink at a graduation party, Niru must decide whether to risk his own safety to secure Meredith’s. This work takes on not only the “beasts” of generational conflict and homophobia but also the hefty price of an interracial friendship in a violent American culture that proves more dangerous to Niru than his father’s zipped-up rage. VERDICT A must-have.–Georgia Christgau, Middle College High School, Long Island City, NY

Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

Niru laughs with his older brother about their father’s “Nigeriatoma”—a word they made up to explain the “acute swelling of ego and pride” that turns Obi into a grandiose and aggressive man when he visits his native Nigeria. In the words of poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, in America, Obi “wears the mask” among the professional elite of Washington, DC. Modest and deferential, he and his wife Ify, a doctor, raise two sons who quietly excel. That is, until Niru, a high school senior, teetotaler, and track star headed for Harvard, admits that he’s gay. While Ify surreptitiously schools herself online about parenting a gay child, Obi rushes Niru back to Nigeria for deprogramming by an Igbo priest. But Meredith—Niru’s white female American best friend—helps Niru stay out of the closet, calling Obi’s emergency Nigerian trip a “kidnapping.” Iweala’s (Beasts of No Nation) second novel is no less ambitious than his breakout debut. When someone drugs Meredith’s drink at a graduation party, Niru must decide whether to risk his own safety to secure Meredith’s. This work takes on not only the “beasts” of generational conflict and homophobia but also the hefty price of an interracial friendship in a violent American culture that proves more dangerous to Niru than his father’s zipped-up rage. VERDICT A must-have.–Georgia Christgau, Middle College High School, Long Island City, NY

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