e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Publisher Weekly Review
More Content
More by this author
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Subjects
Blacks -- United States -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Self-realization -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Black nationalism -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Coretta Scott King Award.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
by title:
Nigeria Jones / Ibi ...
by call number:
FICTION ZOB
Search the Web
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Blacks -- United States -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Self-realization -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Black nationalism -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Coretta Scott King Award.
MARC Display
Nigeria
Jones
/ Ibi Zoboi.
by
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
Balzer + Bray, 2023.
Call #:
FICTION ZOB
Subjects
Blacks -- United States -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Self-realization -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Black nationalism -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Coretta Scott King Award.
ISBN:
9780062888846 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
369 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"A sixteen-year-old girl whose father is the leader of a Black liberation group discovers her own place in the world"--From publisher.
Warrior Princess. That's what
Nigeria
's father calls her. He's 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 mother--the perfect matriarch to their Movement--disappears,
Nigeria
's world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she doesn't want.
Nigeria
's 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 father's 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.
Audience:
Ages 13 up. Balzer + Bray.
Awards:
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Authors, 2024.
Genre:
Black fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Central Library
Young Adult Black Fiction
FICTION ZOB
Ya Books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Young Adult Black Fiction
FICTION ZOB
Ya Books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Tantallon Public Library
Young Adult Black Fiction
FICTION ZOB
Ya Books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.