The Icarus Girl

Jessamy Jess Harrison, age eight, is the child of an English father and a Nigerian mother. Possessed of an extraordinary imagination, she has a hard time fitting in at school. It is only when she visits Nigeria for the first time that she makes a friend who understands her: a ragged little girl named TillyTilly.

Softcover. English. Bloomsbury. 2006. 322 pp. Fair/Good. Book No: Book No: 7000375