Little Bee
Millions of people have read, discussed, debated, cried, and cheered with Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee girl whose violent and courageous journey puts a stunning face on the worldwide refugee crisis. "Little Bee will blow you away." --The Washington Post The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide in th...show more
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In this story, we are primarily guided by the voice of Little Bee, a Nigerian girl who is trying to escape death at the hands of the mercenaries who destroyed her village and killed her family. We see her time in a detention center and later, with a British woman who befriended her on a Nigerian beach long ago. All of the lives are complicated and fraught in this novel and Cleave has respectfully drawn each as truly realistic. I am in equal par...read more
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