Winner of the inaugural Climate Fiction PrizeA new novel of resilience and hope, from the bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice'Fresh, funny and fiercely feminist... A gut punch of a book'MAIL ON SUNDAY'Powerful and inspiring'GRAZIA'A brilliantly rousing, pacy tale about the power of speaking up'RED MAGAZINE'A novelist of great power, wit, and invention'ELIZABETH GILBERT, author of City of Girls'Daré has proved, once again, that she is a masterful storyteller to be reckoned with'TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of MemphisPlucky fourteen-year-old Adunni is in Lagos, excited to finally enrol in school.

But it's not so simple to run away from your past. On the night before she is due to join her new classmates , a terrible knocking at the front gate summons Adunni back to her home village, Ikati, where her dramatic story of resilience first began. There, Adunni must try to not only save herself, but also transform Ikati into a place where girls are allowed to claim the bright futures they deserve - and roar their stories to the world.