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How You Grow Wings



by
Rimma Onoseta

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
Imprint
Algonquin Young Readers
ISBN
9781643751917
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Crime: Drug Trafficking/Dealing , Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism , Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Marijuana Use , Language: Strong Language , Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes , Violence: Child Abuse , Violence: Domestic/Physical Abuse , Violence: General
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An emotionally riveting novel for fans of Ibi Zoboi and Erika L. Sánchez about two sisters in Nigeria on their journey to break free of an oppressive home.

Sisters Cheta and Zam couldn’t be more different. Cheta, sharp-tongued and stubborn, never shies away from conflict—either at school or at home, where her mother fires abuse at her. Timid Zam escapes most of her mother’s anger, skating under the radar and avoiding her sister whenever possible. In a turn of good fortune, Zam is invited to live with her aunt’s family in the lap of luxury. Jealous, Cheta also leaves home, but to a harder existence that will drive her to terrible decisions. When the sisters are reunited, Zam alone will recognize just how far Cheta has fallen—and Cheta’s fate will rest in Zam’s hands.

Debut author Rimma Onoseta deftly explores classism, colorism, cycles of abuse, how loyalty doesn’t always come attached to love, and the messy truths that sometimes, family is not a source of comfort, and that morality is all shades of grey.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Crime: Drug Trafficking/Dealing , Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism , Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Marijuana Use , Language: Strong Language , Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes , Violence: Child Abuse , Violence: Domestic/Physical Abuse , Violence: General

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

336

Trim Size

8 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Dewey

F

AR

0: points 0

Genre

Fic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Oct 2022

Book Genres

Realistic Fiction

Topics

Sisters. Wealth. Kidnapping. Family life. Nigeria, West Africa. Class differences. Physical and emotional abuse. Point of view. 

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