Marie-Claire Amuah

On the surface, Stella's British-Ghanaian family home is full of life and happiness. But in reality, her life is governed by her bullying, cruel father and the family is in chaos. Stella looks for order wherever she can find it, creating a complex web of superstitions that she hopes will keep her safe, hunting out magpies every day, touching wood...

'I loved this book so much! Intense and beautiful and heartbreaking.' Buki Papillon, author of An Ordinary Wonder It's hard to plan your future when the ghosts of the past won't leave you alone... Stella tries very hard to be good. She tries not to be sassy, to answer back, to be noticed. Because when Stella’s father is angry, it’s...

Sika always wanted to travel to Ghana with her mother. Their trip is a dream come true, until she's confronted with secrets she hadn't bargained for...Selom left Ghana twenty-seven years ago in the wake of her husband's death. Her daughter, Sika, has spent her whole life longing to go back to the country where so many of her cousins, aunties...