The Icarus Girl

A quick, engrossing read about a young girl, the child of a Nigerian mother and an English father, who causes trouble for her family, teachers and schoolmates because of her sensitivity. Her parents take her to Nigeria to meet the African side of her family, but her troubles take a frightening turn when she befriends a mysterious girl about her own age named Titiola.

This story has a supernatural element to it. Thankfully it has not been made into a movie–if it were, it would probably become a horror movie, but there is more to the story than that. I enjoyed the book and it only took a couple of hours to read.

This book was fucking amazing and I learned after finishing it that Oyeyemi published it when she was 19, where is her MacArthur