Daughters of Oduma
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2024
Summary
Eat. Dance. Fight.
This is the life of the girls who compete in the Isle’s elite, all-female fighting sport of Bowing. But it isn’t really Dirt’s life anymore. At sixteen, she is old and has retired from competition. Instead, she spends her days coaching the younger sisters of the Mud Fam and dreading her fast-approaching birthday, when she’ll have to leave her sisters to fulfill whatever destiny the Gods choose for her.
Dirt’s young sisters are coming along nicely, and the Mu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781665918145 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1665918144 |
| Author: | Moses Ose Utomi |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 279g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 140mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Sisters of the Mud |
| Audience Age: | 12-99 |
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Critics Review
“Utomi has crafted an immersive world based on West African culture, with crystal clear prose and dialogue in pidgin … Dirt commanding her own future against expectations will resonate with teens who feel that adulthood is out of their control.”
– The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
* “Utomi weaves a tender depiction of girlhood and sisterhood via a cast of tenacious and complexly characterized Black girls. Employing abundant pidgin language, dynamic action, and intense interpersonal rifts, Utomi crafts an absorbing, striking debut.” – Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review
“Mud Fam’s underdog status and Dirt’s journey are easy to root for. The immersive worldbuilding paints a picture of a community with a compelling social structure and lore, populated by Black girls who glory in their strength and large size. The fluid dialogue is written in an expressive pidgin. A vividly realized fantasy world centering strong girls and chosen family.” – Kirkus Reviews
Moses Ose Utomi
Moses Ose Utomi is a Nigerian American fantasy writer, martial artist, and nomad currently based out of Honolulu, Hawaii. He has an MFA in fiction from Sarah Lawrence College and has had work published with Tor and Fantasy Magazine, among others. When he isn’t reading or writing, he’s indulging his restlessness by traveling about, making progress on his martial arts journey, or doing karaoke—with or without a backing track.
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