Femi and Sade are beginning political asylum with their journalist father in London, England. Feeling far away from their native Nigeria, the adolescents must develop new friendships while their father works several jobs in order to pay their mounting bills. Femi finds security in the company of a neighborhood gang until some thugs steal money during a drug deal. As Femi’s carefully constructed web of lies unravels, his family falls prey to the violent aftermath. Readers of The Other Side of Truth will empathize with this second novel depicting Femi and Sade’s lives. 2007 USBBY Outstanding International Books List, 2007 Highlighted in NYPL’s Books for the Teen Age. nrr

Originally published by Penguin Great Britain, in 2004.