iBi Zoboi Releases The Book Nigeria Jones

Published: June 12, 2023, 3 p.m.

b'Warrior Princess. That\\u2019s what 17-year-old Nigeria Jones\\u2019 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\\u2014the perfect matriarch of their Movement\\u2014disappears, Nigeria\\u2019s world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she doesn\\u2019t want.

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\\u2014and fighting for that person\\u2014by having the courage to be your own revolution.

IBI ZOBOI is the New York Times bestselling author of American Street, a National Book Award finalist; Pride; My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich; Star Child; Okoye to the People; the Walter Award\\u2013winning Punching the Air, cowritten with Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam; and the Coretta Scott King Honor\\u2013winning picture book The People Remember. She is also the editor of the anthology Black Enough. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, she now lives in New Jersey with her family. You can find her online at ibizoboi.net.'