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Gr 8 Up—Ya Ta does not want to settle for a life dictated by her papa in her Nigerian village of Borno State. She dreams of a new pair of shoes, a university degree, and a life with Success, the son of her pastor. However, she is kidnapped with other young girls, such as her best friend Sarah and married Muslim schoolmate Aisha, by the terrorist group Boko Haram, in the middle of the night. The young women are taken to the Sambisa Forest, where they are fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

An unnamed girl in a remote village in northern Nigeria has many dreams: to have a new pair of shoes, to get enough to eat, to grow up to become a wife and a teacher, and, most ambitiously, to win a government scholarship that will allow her to attend boarding school and then university. In brief chapters, some less than a page long, the narrator relates the quotidian events of her life; the outside world intrudes via Papa's radio, always tuned to BBC Hausa-and bringing disquieting news of attacks b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A bright girl in a remote northern-Nigerian village dreams of winning a scholarship to boarding school. In very brief chapters, she relates spen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More