{"product_id":"an-ordinary-wonder-buki-papillon-9781643137810","title":"An Ordinary Wonder","description":"\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE MAYA ANGELOU AWARD**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Massachusetts Book Award \"Fiction Honor\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary literary debut about a Nigerian boy's secret intersex identity and his desire to live as a girl.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOto leaves for boarding school with one plan: excel and escape his cruel home. Falling in love with his roommate was certainly not on the agenda, but fear and shame force him to hide his love and true self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Back home, weighed down by the expectations of their wealthy and powerful family, the love of Oto's twin sister wavers and, as their world begins to crumble around them, Oto must make drastic choices that will alter the family's lives for ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Richly imagined with art, proverbs and folk tales, this moving and modern novel follows Oto through life at home and at boarding school in Nigeria, through the heartbreak of living as a boy despite their profound belief they are a girl, and through a hunger for freedom that only a new life in the United States can offer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAn Ordinary Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores complex desires as well as challenges of family, identity, gender, and culture, and what it means to feel whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Buki Papillon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643137816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643137810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Buki Papillon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052263043327,"sku":"9781643137810","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9820ddad-434b-4485-9f73-c373418a0b5f.jpg?v=1685017836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-ordinary-wonder-buki-papillon-9781643137810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}