02532cam a2200445 i 4500 1140627459 TxAuBib 20240206120000.0 230215s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022049097 9780062888846 hardcover $19.99 0062888846 hardcover $19.99 TxAuBib rda Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, author. Nigeria Jones / Ibi Zoboi. First edition. New York : Balzer + Bray, [2023] ©2023. 367 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Coretta Scott King Award 2024. lac. "A sixteen-year-old girl whose father is the leader of a Black liberation group discovers her own place in the world"-- Provided by publisher. "Warrior Princess. Thats what Nigerias father calls her. Hes raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her motherthe perfect matriarch to their Movementdisappears, Nigerias world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she doesnt want. Nigerias mother had secrets. She wished for a different life for her children, which includes sending her daughter to a private Quaker school outside of their strict group. Despite her fathers disapproval, Nigeria attends the school with her cousin, Kamau, and Sage, who used to be a friend. There, she slowly begins to blossom and expand her universe. As Nigeria searches for her mother, she starts to uncover a shocking truth. One that will lead her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family." -- Amazon. Grades 8-12. Ages 13-17. 20240206. African Americans Juvenile fiction. Families Juvenile Fiction. Self-realization Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations Juvenile fiction. Secrecy Juvenile fiction. Schools Juvenile fiction. Black nationalism Juvenile fiction. Coretta Scott King Award. Historical fiction. Novels.