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"If you've ever wondered if love can conquer all, read Ijeoma's story . . . A stunning coming-of-age debut."--Marie Claire Long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeNominated for the 2015 NAACP Image Awards (Outstanding Literary Work of Fiction) Nominated for the 2015 Nigerian Writers Awards (Young Motivational Writer of the Year) New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly. Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child and they, star-crossed, fall in love.