Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
Books | Young Adult Fiction / People & Places / Africa
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Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Viviana Mazza
Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, this poignant novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani tells the timely story of one girl who was taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for survival. Includes an afterword by award-winning journalist Viviana Mazza. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband—these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren’t too far out of reach.But the girl’s dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she is forced to follow her captors’ radical beliefs and watch as her best friend slowly accepts everything she’s been told.Still, the girl defends her existence. As impossible as escape may seem, her life—her future—is hers to fight for.
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Author
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Pages
336
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2018-09-04
ISBN
0062696742 9780062696748
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"Madeleine Roux’s Asylum Novellas and the Asylum Series are just amazing pieces of writing!"
Gillian Fletcher
"It’s so horrifying but so important. The book is written for young people, in high school, so it’s easy to understand what’s happening, but requires a certain level of maturity to comprehend what you’re reading. "
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Auden Harker
"An amazing book that sheds light on the true horrors of Boko Haram. A book that makes you think and feel. "
Sophia Wilson
"I remember the news stories back in 2014 relating to the abduction of the girls from Chibok, Nigeria. This book, through a fictional account, but based on interviews of some of those girls who were found, gives information and details that wrench the heart and tear at the soul. We see the dreams and hopes ripped away from our unnamed protagonist as she struggles to survive and maintain a sense of herself and the world she lives in. What follows in the afterward is a non-fictional account and context provided by an investigative journalist who along with the author saw the importance of bringing these stories out.<br/><br/>Merged review:<br/><br/>I remember the news stories back in 2014 relating to the abduction of the girls from Chibok, Nigeria. This book, through a fictional account, but based on interviews of some of those girls who were found, gives information and details that wrench the heart and tear at the soul. We see the dreams and hopes ripped away from our unnamed protagonist as she struggles to survive and maintain a sense of herself and the world she lives in. What follows in the afterward is a non-fictional account and context provided by an investigative journalist who along with the author saw the importance of bringing these stories out."
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