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Author:

Goka, Ruby Yayra, author.

Title:

Even when your voice shakes / Ruby Yayra Goka.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Norton Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

233 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Household employees--Fiction.
Rape--Fiction.
Rape victims--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Black people--Ghana--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Ghana--Fiction.

Summary:

After Amerley is raped by her employer's son she realizes she two choices--stay quiet and keep her job or live her truth and speak up for herself and for justice.
Ghana. Eldest of four girls, Amerley is offered a job working for one of her mother's old school friends. 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.-- adapted from jacket

ISBN:

1324017112
9781324017110

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1252845513

LCCN:

2021049414

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)