Adwoa Badoe
GUELPH, ONTARIO, author Adwoa Badoe takes readers to her native Ghana in Aluta. In the novel, it is 1981, and 18-year-old Charlotte is thriving during her first year of university. But when the government is overthrown and three judges are murdered, Charlotte becomes swept up in the student political movement. Faced with increasing danger, picked up by national security forces, and facing an uncertain future, Charlotte must decide which path to take.
(Groundwood Books, Sept. Ages 14+)