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050 00 $aPR6115.Y49$bI22 2005
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100 1 $aOyeyemi, Helen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004032403
245 14 $aThe Icarus girl /$cHelen Oyeyemi.
250 $a1st US ed.
260 $aNew York :$bNan A. Talese/Doubleday,$c2005.
300 $a337 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Jessamy "Jess" Harrison is eight years old. Sensitive, whimsical, possessed of an extraordinary and powerful imagination, she spends hours writing haiku, reading Shakespeare, or simply hiding in the dark warmth of the airing cupboard. As the child of an English father and a Nigerian mother, Jess just can't shake off the feeling of being alone wherever she goes, and the other children in her class are wary of her tendency to succumb to terrified fits of screaming. Believing that a change from her English environment might be the perfect antidote to Jess's alarming mood swings, her parents whisk her off to Nigeria for the first time. There she meets her mother's family - including her formidable grandfather." "Jess's adjustment to Nigeria is only beginning when she encounters Titiola, or TillyTilly, a ragged little girl her own age. To Jess, it seems that, at last, she has found someone who will understand her. But gradually, TillyTilly's visits become more disturbing, making Jess start to realize that she doesn't know who TillyTilly is at all." "Helen Oyeyemi draws on Nigerian mythology to present a variation on a classic literary theme: the existence of "doubles," both real and spiritual, who play havoc with our perceptions and our lives. The Icarus Girl is a story of twins and ghosts, of a little girl growing up between cultures and colors."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aRacially mixed children$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010109272
650 0 $aImaginary companions$vFiction.
650 0 $aDoppelgängers$vFiction.
651 0 $aNigeria$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108520
651 0 $aEngland$vFiction.
650 0 $aGirls$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105027
650 0 $aTwins$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112620
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/2004055391.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random051/2004055391.html
852 00 $bglx$hPR6115.Y49$iI22 2005