10 New Books to Read This Year by People of Color

Ijeoma is 11 when a civil war breaks out in Nigeria. When her father is killed and she is sent away by her mother to safety, she meets another child from a different background. They fall in love with each other, and they are both girls. But, when the relationship is found out, Ijeoma is sent back to her mother and for years battles with cultural pressures and expectations vs. the life she wants to live.