Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for THE KAYA GIRL by Mamle Wolo! I’m so excited because today I get to shine the spotlight on this wonderful book for you! This book is truly amazing and I’m so excited to for you to find out more about it!
The Kaya Girl by Mamle Wolo Published on June 28, 2022 by Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Genres: Contemporary, Middle Grade
Pages: 336
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When Faiza, a Muslim migrant girl from northern Ghana, and Abena, a wealthy doctor’s daughter from the south, meet by chance in Accra’s largest market, where Faiza works as a porter or kaya girl, they strike up an unlikely and powerful friendship that transcends their social inequities and opens up new worlds to them both.
About Mamle Wolo
MAMLE WOLO is an award-winning Ghanaian-German author who studied at the University of Cambridge and the University of Lancaster in the UK, and is an Honorary Fellow in Writing of the University of Iowa. She writes fiction, poetry, and screenplays and lives with her family in Accra, Ghana.
What do you think about The Kaya Girl? Have you added it to your tbr yet? Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!
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