Location(s):
NigeriaCreator:
Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher:
Anchor
A story about family secrets that will haunt the book's sensitive protagonist,
Jessamy Harrison, a British girl born to a father and mother. Her
parents take her to stay with family in Nigeria for the summer and at her
grandfather's compound, she encounters TillyTilly, a mysterious girl
who seems to know everything about Jess and who, Jess realizes, is not
visible to anyone else.