A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new
boarding school's decades-old legend, in this debut Young Adult
speculative thriller by Tomi Oyemakinde
Face front. Watch your back. BE BRAVE.
If it was left to her, Ife Adebola wouldn't be starting at Nithercott School.
Because despite being in the Urban Achievers scholarship program, her
parents can barely afford the tuition. No matter who, like her classmate Bijal,
is trying to be friends with her or how much the prestigious boarding school
tries to pull her in, Ife is determined not to get caught up in any of it.
But when another student, Malika, begins acting strange, Ife can't help but
wonder if there's more going on at Nithercott than she realizes. Could there be
any truth to the school's decades-old legend of the Changing Man? Is there
any connection to the missing older brother of her classmate, Ben?
As more questions arise, Ife has no choice but to team up with Ben and Bijal
to investigate. But can the trio act quickly enough to uncover who is behind
everything, before one - or all - of them is the Changing Man's next victim?
Tomi Oyemakinde grew up in London, before being uprooted at the age of 6
to head across the North Sea to the Netherlands. He is committed to crafting
stories centered on Black protagonists thriving across genres, audiences &
worlds. When Tomi is not busy writing, he can be found daydreaming about
his future dog (namely a Rottweiler named Pan) and geeking out over all
things anime. The Changing Man is his debut novel.
Feiwel and Friends
On Sale: Sep 26/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 384 pages
9781250868138 • $26.99 • CL - With dust jacket
Ages 14-18 years