The Spider King's Daughter
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9780571268894
Pages
288 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. She lives in a sprawling mansion in Lagos, protected by armed guards. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a hawker trying to support his family by selling ice cream from the side of the road.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Family member death; Single parent; Poverty; death of a father; poor; financial hardship; single mother
Main Character
girl and boy
Race/Ethnicities
Nigerian
Family Formation
single mother and mother and father
Keywords
children of the rich; street vendors; Lagos; ice cream; mansion; rich among the poor; grief; romance; slums
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Onuzo, Chibundu, "The Spider King's Daughter" (2012). Diverse Families. 1214.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1214