Description
The Girl with the Louding Voice meets The Water Dancer in Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụs magical, award-winning literary debut, Dazzling, offering a new take on West African mythology.
Treasure and her mother lost everything when Treasures father died. Haggling for scraps in the market, Treasure meets a man who promises to change their fortunes, but his feet are hovering just a few inches above the ground. Hes a spirit, and he promises to bring Treasures beloved father back to life if shell do one terrible thing for him first.
Ozoemena has an itch in the middle of her back. Its an itch that speaks to her patrilineal destiny, an honor never before bestowed upon a girl, to defend the land and protect its people by becoming a Leopard. Her father impressed upon her what an honor this was before he vanished, but its one she couldnt want lessshe has enough to worry about as she tries to fit in at a new boarding school.
But as the two girls reckon with their burgeoning wildness and the legacy of their missing fathers, Ozoemenas fellow students start to vanish. Treasures obligations to the spirit escalate, and Ozoemenas duty of protection as a Leopard grows. Soon the girls destinies and choices alike set them on a dangerous collision course. Ultimately, they must ask themselves: in a world that always says no to women, what must two young girls sacrifice to get what is theirs?
Author: Chikodili Emelumadu
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 12/05/2023
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.67w x 1.34d
ISBN: 9781419769795
Language: English
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