Break This House
Written by Candice Iloh
Published by Penguin Young Readers Group
Yaminah Okar left Obsidian and the wreckage of her family years ago. She and her father have made lives for themselves in Brooklyn. She thinks she’s moved on to bigger and better things. She thinks she’s finally left behind that city she would rather forget. But when a Facebook message about her estranged mother pierces Yaminah’s new bubble, memories of everything that happened before her parents’ divorce come roaring back. Now, Yaminah must finally reckon with the truth about her mother and the growing collapse of a place she once called home.
Primary ISBN: 9780525556237
Publication Date: May 2022
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, eBook
Young Adult , Age 12 or older
Community Represented: Nigerian/Nigerian American
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Setting: United States (Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY and Obsidian, MI)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Unknown Arrival
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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