Little Bee

Millions of people have read, discussed, debated, cried, and cheered with Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee girl whose violent and courageous journey​ puts a stunning face on the worldwide refugee crisis​.

"Little Bee will blow you away." --The Washington Post

The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide in this page-turning #1 New York Times bestseller, book club favorite, and "affecting story of human triumph" (The New York Times Book Review) from Chris Cleave, author of Gold and Everyone Brave Is Forgiven.

We don't want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. And it's what happens afterward that is most important. Once you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.
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304 pages

Average rating: 6.95

22 RATINGS

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2 REVIEWS

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margardenlady
Dec 27, 2023
8/10 stars
In this story, we are primarily guided by the voice of Little Bee, a Nigerian girl who is trying to escape death at the hands of the mercenaries who destroyed her village and killed her family. We see her time in a detention center and later, with a British woman who befriended her on a Nigerian beach long ago. All of the lives are complicated and fraught in this novel and Cleave has respectfully drawn each as truly realistic. I am in equal par...read more
LunaLynn
Mar 11, 2022
7/10 stars
Captivating and sad.

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