Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner! “An unwavering proclamation of Black girlhood.” —Candice Iloh, author of National Book Award finalist Every Body Looking From Ibi Zoboi, bestselling, award-winning author of American Street and coauthor of Punching the Air, comes a bold new YA coming-of-age story that explores race, feminism, and complicated family dynamics. The ideal next read for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Jacqueline Woodson, and Roxane Gay. Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria Jones’s father calls her. He has raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals to connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother—the perfect matriarch of their Movement—disappears, Nigeria’s world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she doesn’t want. Nigeria’s mother had secrets. She wished for a different life for her children, which includes sending her daughter to a private Quaker school outside of their strict group. Despite her father’s disapproval, Nigeria attends the school with her cousin, Kamau, and Sage, who used to be a friend. ­There, she begins to flourish and expand her universe. As Nigeria searches for her mother, she starts to uncover a shocking truth. One that will lead her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family. From award-winning author Ibi Zoboi comes a powerful story about discovering who you are in the world—and fighting for that person—by having the courage to be your own revolution. But what happens when your entire world is a revolution—and you’re not sure you believe in the cause? Identity and Self-Discovery: Raised as a “warrior princess” in a Black nationalist movement, Nigeria Jones must question everything she’s ever known to find out who she truly is. - Family Secrets: When her mother vanishes, Nigeria uncovers a web of secrets that challenges her perception of her family and their fight for liberation. - An Activist Family: Torn between the strict separatism of her father’s Movement and the new possibilities of a Quaker school, Nigeria is caught in a conflict that will define her future. - Finding Your Voice: A powerful and moving story for teens about race, feminism, and forging your own path, even if it means standing against the people you love. "Prescient and sobering, Zoboi’s book is a vital story for young readers in a tumultuous time.” - ALA Booklist (starred review) “The sympathetic, nuanced portrayal of this young man will have readers holding out hope until the novel’s end.” - Horn Book (starred review) Praise for PUNCHING THE AIR: “This book will be Walter Dean Myers’s Monster for a new generation of teens. An important, powerful, and beautiful novel that should be an essential purchase for any library that serves teens.” - School Library Journal (starred review) "Awardworthy. Soul-stirring. A must-read.”  - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A mesmerizing novel-in-verse. The poems—sharp, uninhibited and full of metaphors and sensory language—quickly establish Amal's voice, laying bare the anger, despair, hope and talent it holds. Amal's experience of abuse by the system, as well as his peers', incites raw outrage, but his artistic self-expression offers a subtle yet significant kind of hope. It is a hope borne of anger, that knows the full depths of injustice and still dreams of a better future.” - Shelf Awareness (starred review) "A wrenching novel whose story, told in verse, is both urgent and heartbreakingly familiar....Amal’s name is the Arabic word for 'hope.' That is what this book ultimately offers, too. Everyone should read it." - New York Times Book Review “Zoboi tells a singular story of a singular girl, and Nigeria Jones opens wide and welcoming arms to readers.” - BookPage (starred review) “This book calls for deep discussions about the roles of Black women in the Black freedom struggle as well as the role of young people in these movements…. An opportunity for teen readers to begin grappling with their own ideas of what the revolution looks like.” - Horn Book (starred review) "The bravest book--about the bravest teenage girl doing the absolute bravest things--I've read in a long time. That we would all learn to move, think, live, and LOVE as fervently as Nigeria Jones." - Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin “Through Nigeria’s powerfully resonant first-person voice, Zoboi’s mesmerizing storytelling soars.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “An elaborate structure and ideological boldness truly set Zoboi’s novel apart.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “An emotional journey…. It is through this story that we see the multilayered truth of Black identity.” - ALA Booklist “[Nigeria’s] personal journey toward emotional and radical self-honesty shapes this superb story.… A thoughtful refl