*From the #1 New York Times-*bestselling author of A Long Way
Gone.
A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society,
struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have
created together.
Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have
improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country's
tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart as he is
wise. Clever Khoudiemata maneuvers to keep the younger kids--athletic,
pragmatic Ndevui, thoughtful Kpindi, and especially their newest member,
Namsa--safe and fed. When Elimane makes himself of service to the
shadowy William Handkerchief, it seems as if the little family may be
able to keep the world at bay and their household intact. But when
Khoudi comes under the spell of the "beautiful people"--the fortunate
sons and daughters of the elite--the desire to resume an interrupted
coming of age and follow her own destiny proves impossible to resist.
A profound and tender portrayal of the connections we forge to survive
the fate we're dealt, Little Family marks the further blossoming of a
unique global voice.