Twice as Perfect (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250823502)

A Young Adult novel by Louisa Onomé, Twice As Perfect follows a Nigerian Canadian girl dealing with an estranged older brother, helping her cousin plan a big Nigerian wedding, and pressure from her parents about her future.

She thinks the only things worth doing are those that will lead to success.

For seventeen-year-old Adanna Nkwachi, life is all about duty: to school and the debate team, to her Nigerian parents, and even to her cousin Genny as Adanna helps prepare Genny's wedding to Afrobeats superstar Skeleboy. Because ever since her older brother, Sam, had a fight with their parents a few years ago and disappeared, somebody had to fill the void he left behind. Adanna may never understand what caused Sam to leave home, but the one thing she knows is that it's on her to make sure her parents' sacrifices aren't in vain.

One day, chance brings the siblings together again and they start working to repair their bond. Although she fears how their parents will react if they find out, Adanna's determined to get answers about the night Sam left--Sam, who was supposed to be an engineer but is now, what, a poet? The more she learns about Sam's poetry, the more Adanna begins to wonder if maybe her own happiness is just as important as doing what's expected of her.

Amid parental pressure, anxiety over the debate competition, a complicated love life, and the Nigerian wedding-to-end-all-weddings, can Adanna learn, just this once, to put herself first?

Author: Louisa Onomé
ISBN-10: 1250823501
ISBN-13: 9781250823502
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2022
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2022
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2022 pg. 132
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average