My Life As A Chameleon
My Life As A Chameleon
Longlisted for the Jhalak Children's and YA Prize 2024
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'A vivid and tender portrait' Suzi Feay, Financial Times
'Beautiful and immersive. I was completely absorbed' Andreina Cordani
'Exceptional . . . A story of empowerment, bravery and courage' J P Rose
'Tender, melancholic, and effortless, Diana Anyakwo writes with a deceptively simple yet steady voice which immediately draws readers into Lily's rose-colored world . . . A gorgeous tale that leaves you wanting to hug the protagonist and assure her of a lifetime of tender moments' Lola Akinmade Akerstrom, international bestselling author of IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK
Lily is a sixteen-year-old living in Manchester. It is nearly five years since her father's death, and she is soon to return to her birthplace in Nigeria to reunite with her mother and siblings for the anniversary. As cold rain thunders on the streets of Moss Side she looks back over her young life and wonders . . . how did she get here?
As a young girl in Lagos, Lily is the baby of her large family. The daughter of a Nigerian father and Irish mother, she lives in a dual reality: one where moments of bright colour and tenderness exist alongside a sense of danger just beneath the surface of her apparently idyllic life. This is a tension that nobody dares speak out loud and it teaches Lily an early lesson: always blend in, always play the right part.
But the truth cannot stay hidden forever. Things in Lagos itself, and within her family, soon reach breaking point. As her city and her family implode into chaos around her, and at school her skin colour marks her out from the crowd, Lily struggles to know how to blend in. And when her mother sends her away to school in England, Lily's sense of identity is challenged in even more painful ways.
My Life as a Chameleon is a powerful story of resilience and belonging, about family secrets and how they can destroy even the deepest bonds. It is a story about finding your place in the world and realising you deserve to be there.
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BOOK DETAILS
BOOK DETAILS
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9781472156150
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Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages: 304
Width (mm): 126
Height (mm): 196
Depth (mm): 24
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