{"product_id":"the-kaya-girl-mamle-wolo-9781668615911","title":"The Kaya Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis rags-to-riches story by an award-winning Ghanaian author has luminous literary resonance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with effortlessly engaging prose, Wolo showcases the interweaving layers of Ghanaian culture to create a prismatic, multifaceted world in which two young girls, against all odds, are able to find each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Faiza, a Muslim migrant girl from northern Ghana, and Abena, a wealthy doctor's daughter from the south, meet by chance in Accra's largest market, where Faiza works as a porter or kaya girl, they strike up an unlikely and powerful friendship that transcends their social inequities and opens up new worlds to them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against a backdrop of class disparity in Ghana, The Kaya Girl has shades of The Kite Runner in its unlikely friendship, and of Slumdog Millionaire as Faiza's life takes unlikely turns that propel her thrillingly forward. As, over the course of the novel, Abena awakens to the world outside her sheltered, privileged life, the novel explores a multitude of awakenings and the opportunities that lie beyond the breaking down of barriers. This is a gorgeously transporting work, offering vivid insight into two strikingly diverse young lives in Ghana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mamle Wolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668615916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668615911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little, Brown Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.60h x 5.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Mamle Wolo","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44073996648703,"sku":"9781668615911","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e5da36a-0e6e-4b8b-82d9-96ab57353d43.jpg?v=1685451160","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-kaya-girl-mamle-wolo-9781668615911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}