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【逆光跳躍，舞動全新的人生】
A Finalist for the National Book Award and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book
黑人女孩艾達離家展開大學生活，這是她第一次做出全新的選擇，她的成長故事如同史詩般的悲戚，性暴力與背叛以及染毒的母親是她揮之不去的陰影，離家的日子，「舞蹈」有如天神般的降臨照亮艾達的心，不斷的肢體擺動與節奏跳躍，艾達對於自己的性向與未來方向中有了新發現，這些啟發讓她決定挑戰命運！
全書以一篇篇詩串聯，時而講述當下、時而回憶過往，透過清楚的章節提示，讀者能夠從詩篇所發生的時間點如畢業典禮、中學、六年級、大一新生、小學二年級、大學時期，前後來回跳躍的時空交織出艾達的經歷與人格養成，成為今日的她。
When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it’s the first time she’s ever been so far from her family—and the first time that she’s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past—her mother’s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father’s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future.“Candice Iloh’s beautifully crafted narrative about family, belonging, sexuality, and telling our deepest truths in order to be whole is at once immensely readable and ultimately healing.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times Bestselling Author of Brown Girl Dreaming“An essential—and emotionally gripping and masterfully written and compulsively readable—addition to the coming-of-age canon.”—Nic Stone, New York Times Bestselling Author of Dear Martin“This is a story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set onthe backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the familydynamic, culturally and socially. About childhood secrets with sharp teeth. And ultimately, about a liberation that taunts every young person.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times Bestselling Author of Long Way Down
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