The YA novel
Like Home tells the story of a teen named Chinelo, Nelo for short. Her best friend is Kate and life is good. Nelo s family owns a convenience store in a popular neighbourhood known as Ginger East. But when the store is vandalized and police get involved, Nelo is emotionally affected and her relationship with her friends and family change forever.
Like Home is for ages 14 and up.
Louisa Onomé is a Nigerian Canadian living in Toronto.
Fresh Air9:57How growing up in Mississauga inspired a new YA novel about community and the challenges of gentrificationLouisa Onomé speaks about her debut novel Like Home - a story that tackles gentrification through the eyes of teenagers - and the inspiration she drew from her own experiences growing up in Mississauga.9:57
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Courtney Summers continues to build up her YA institution, and her latest edition (on shelves now) follows in her footsteps of eerie, unsettling and
unputdownable novels.
New York Times bestseller
Sadie, centers around a pair of sisters after the death of their parents. Protagonist Lo is in the care of their aunt, while Bea finds herself caught up (
very caught up) in The Unity Project, a cult-like community in upstate New York. The narrative force of
The Project follows Lo in her attempts to unbury the group s secrets and extricate her sister from the leader s clutches. Here, Summers answers EW s burning book questions about what started her on the writing path and her experience writing her latest thriller.
Rolling Stone Menu Courtney Summers’ ‘The Project’ Is Not Your Average Novel About Cults
“I actually think that my inclination toward dark stories is, as weird as this sounds, a reflection of optimism,” author says
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Author Courtney Summers wants to destroy you. Not literally, of course, but through the devastating young-adult books she’s spent the last decade writing. Her latest,
The Project, is no different. A harrowing look at cults and the people who fall prey to them, Summers’ ninth book hits shelves on February 2nd via St. Martin’s Press.
The Project centers on sisters Lo, 19, and 20-something Bea Denham following the death of their parents and Bea’s entrance into a cult called the Unity Project. After Bea cuts off all contact with Lo, the younger woman becomes anxious about her sister’s whereabouts it doesn’t help when a man comes to the magazine where she works as an assistant and claims that the Unity Project killed his son. Despi
Courtney Summers The Project Is Not Your Average Novel About Cults
Courtney Summers The Project Is Not Your Average Novel About Cults I actually think that my inclination toward dark stories is, as weird as this sounds, a reflection of optimism, author says
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Author Courtney Summers wants to destroy you. Not literally, of course, but through the devastating young-adult books she’s spent the last decade writing. Her latest,
The Project, is no different. A harrowing look at cults and the people who fall prey to them, Summers’ ninth book hits shelves on February 2nd via St. Martin’s Press.