Every Body Looking
Every Body Looking is a debut novel in verse in the style of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds. Candice Iloh's book tells the story of Ada—daughter of an immigrant father and an African American mother—and her struggle to find a place for herself in America and in her own family.
Every Body Looking is a novel of a young woman's struggle to carve a place for herself—for her black female body—in a world of deeply conflicting messages.
Told entirely in verse, Ada's story encompasses her earliest memories as a child, including her abuse at the hands of a young cousin, her mother's rejection and descent into addiction, and her father's attempts to create a home for his American daughter more like the one he knew in Nigeria.
The present-tense of the book is Ada's first year at Howard University in Washington DC, where she must finally confront the fundamental conflict between who her family says she should be and what her body tells her she must be.
| SKU | 127173 |
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| ISBN | 9780525556206 |
| Language | English |
| Product Type | Hardcover Books |
| Book Type | Young Adult Novels |
| Primary Contributor | Candice Iloh |
| Age Groups | Ages 13 to 15, Ages 16 to 18 |
| Publisher | Dutton |