{"product_id":"little-family-ishmael-beah","title":"Little Family;  Ishmael Beah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA powerful novel about young people in a conflict-scarred land, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country’s chaos. Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart as he is wise. Clever Khoudiemata maneuvers to keep the younger kids—athletic, pragmatic Ndevui; thoughtful Kpindi; and especially their newest member, Namsa—safe and fed. When Elimane makes himself of service to the shadowy William Handkerchief, it seems as if the little family may be able to keep the world at bay and their household intact. But when Khoudi comes under the spell of the “beautiful people”—the fortunate sons and daughters of the powerful—the desire to resume an interrupted coming of age and follow her own destiny proves impossible to resist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA profound and tender portrayal of the connections we forge to survive the fate we’re dealt, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLittle Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e marks the further blossoming of a unique global voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApril 28, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIshmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980. He moved to the United States in 1998 and finished his last two years of high school at the United Nations International School in New York. In 2004 he graduated from Oberlin College with a B.A. in political science.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is a member of the Human Rights Watch Children’s Rights Division Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO) at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, and many other NGO panels on children affected by the war. His work has appeared in VespertinePress and LIT magazine. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/author\/ishmaelbeah\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/author\/ishmae...\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45535275254082,"sku":"","price":8.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/lilfam.jpg?v=1688916640","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/little-family-ishmael-beah","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}