'I was bewitched... I would not have guessed this was first novel; Emelumadu seems to have writing naturally in the blood' TRACY CHEVALIER
Treasure and her mother lost everything when Treasure's father died. Haggling for scraps in the market, Treasure meets a man who promises to change their fortunes. But his feet are hovering just a few inches above the ground... He is a spirit, and he promises to bring Treasure's father back - but she has to do something for him first.
Ozoemena has an itch in the middle of her back that can't be scratched. An itch that speaks to her patrilineal destiny, an honour never before bestowed upon a girl, to defend the land and protect its people by becoming a leopard. But her mother holds no truck with this 'nonsense', and besides, Ozoemena has plenty to be getting on with as she settles into a new school, all the while grappling with the mystery of her own missing father. Oh, and there's one more thing: in order to become the leopard, she will have to die...
As the two girls reckon with their burgeoning wildness and the legacy of decisions made by their fathers, Ozoemena's fellow students start to vanish. Treasure and Ozoemena will face terrible choices as each must ask herself: in a world that always says 'no' to women, what must two young girls give up to get what is their right?
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