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Zusatztext “With this debut, Like Home, Louisa Onomé rightfully emerges as a writer worth watching. Chinelo is a fierce, young protagonist with an unshakeable sense of community. She’s a powerful heroine in a timely story that young people need right now — a story about an ordinary teen whose integrity and courage transform the world around her and the place she calls home. It’s a story I wish I’d read when I was in school, and I can’t wait to see what Louisa does next.” Informationen zum Autor Louisa Onomé is a Nigerian-Canadian writer of books for teens. Her most recent YA book is The Melancholy of Summer. She holds a BA in professional writing from York University. When she is not writing, her hobbies include picking up languages she may never use, crying over her favorite video games, and perfecting her skincare routine. Louisa Onomé currently resides in the Toronto area. Zusammenfassung A poignant and incandescent debut that explores the bonds of community and what it really means to change Chinelo—or Nelo, as her best friend, Kate, calls her—is all about her neighbourhood, Ginger East. She loves its chill vibe, its ride-or-die sense of community and the memories she has of growing up there. Ginger East isn’t what it used to be, though. After a deadly incident at the local arcade, most of Nelo’s friends, except for Kate, have moved away. But as long as the two girls have each other, Nelo’s good. Then Kate’s parents’ corner store is vandalized, leaving Nelo shaken to her core. The police and the media are quick to point fingers, and soon more of the outside world descends upon Ginger East with promises to “fix the neighbourhood.” Suddenly, Nelo finds herself in the middle of a drama that is unfolding on a national scale. Worse yet, Kate has begun acting strange. She’s pushing Nelo away at the exact time they need each other most. Nelo’s entire world is morphing into something she hates, and she must figure out how to get things back on track or risk losing everything—and everyone—she loves. ...
