Winner Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Young Adult FictionIn Nigeriaborn Americabased author Ebele Chizeas stunning debut novel teenager Ada and her mother flee the civil war of their West African home and come to America in 1966 where Ada soon discoversand blossoms withinampamp8212the US counterculture movement developing a drive for antiwar activism which she takes with her back to Nabuka only to uncover new truths about herself as well as family secrets that threaten to shatter her plans for the future. ampamp10While protesting the Vietnam war in America Ada forges friendships with other nonconformist youth freespirited Stacey a boisterous hippie and Sal a philosophical wanderlust. Soon she seeks independence from her mother love on her own terms as well as sexual autonomy.