Under the Udala trees

By Chinelo Okparanta. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. 328pp.

About

A young Nigerian girl, displaced during their civil war, begins a powerful love affair with another refugee girl from a different ethnic community until the pair are discovered and must learn the cost of living a lie amidst taboos and prejudices.

Details

ISBN:

978-0-544-00344-6

Awards Won

Title Year
Over the Rainbow Project Book List

The Over the Rainbow Book List (OTR) is a committee of the Rainbow Round Table (RRT) of the American Library Association (ALA). OTR creates an annual, annotated bibliography of books for general adult readers aged 18 years or older that have commendable literary quality and significant, authentic lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQIA+) content. 

 2016 - Selection(s)