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Even when your voice shakes / Ruby Yayra Goka.

Goka, Ruby Yayra, (author.).

Summary:

"When Amerley is offered a job working for one of her mother's old school friends, she knows she has to accept. Her wages will feed her family, help her sisters stay in school, and ensure that her mother won't have to worry about them. Amerley's move to Accra isn't easy, but she soon settles into her new life away from her small village--until she is raped by the son of her employer. Torn between keeping quiet to keep her job and speaking up for herself and for justice, Amerley must decide how to live her truth, and the impact of her choice will be felt through her entire community. Through the life of an ordinary girl from a small country village, Even When Your Voice Shakes exposes the damage wrought by institutionalized misogyny and poverty and reveals how even those who are most disadvantaged are never without their own power." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781324017110
  • ISBN: 1324017112
  • Physical Description: 233 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, [2022]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 13-18. Norton Young Readers.
740L Lexile
Subject:
Household employees > Fiction.
Rape > Fiction.
Rape victims > Fiction.
Poverty > Fiction.
Black people > Ghana > Fiction.
Sexual assault.
Ghana > Fiction.
Genre:
Novels.
Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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