Little Bee
Registered by 
SqueakyChu
of Rockville, Maryland USA on 8/26/2022
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
SqueakyChu of Rockville, Maryland USA on 8/26/2022 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
This trade paperback (c. 2008) is one of nine books donated in August, 2022, from Rose Hill Falls Little Free Library in Rockville, Maryland, USA, to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720). Thank you so much!
This is what I wrote after I read another copy of this book in 2012...
Little Bee is the name of a young girl from Nigeria who ends up in England as an illegal immigrant. She has the address of a man, Andrew, whom she met in Nigeria and learns how to get to his house, thinking that he might be able to help her out. Reading this story, we come to learn the reasons behind that man's having been in Nigeria as well as the unfortunate circumstances regarding him seeing her again.
What I especially liked about this story was that the protagonist was from Nigeria. Despite the many people I know from that country, I've never read a novel that has had part of its setting there. Sadly, we learn about how oil wealth has made Nigeria a dangerous place. In addition, we learn that England is not a particularly hospitable place for Nigerian refugees who, at times, are truly running for their lives.
This novel ultimately turns out to be a story of friendship, the one that grows between Little Bee and Andrew's wife, Sara. Despite the fact that the story was narrated from the points of view of Little Bee and Sara, I felt that there could have been much more depth to it. Nevertheless, it kept up my interest and made me aware of the sad fate of illegal immigrants from Nigeria to England.
Little Bee is the name of a young girl from Nigeria who ends up in England as an illegal immigrant. She has the address of a man, Andrew, whom she met in Nigeria and learns how to get to his house, thinking that he might be able to help her out. Reading this story, we come to learn the reasons behind that man's having been in Nigeria as well as the unfortunate circumstances regarding him seeing her again.
What I especially liked about this story was that the protagonist was from Nigeria. Despite the many people I know from that country, I've never read a novel that has had part of its setting there. Sadly, we learn about how oil wealth has made Nigeria a dangerous place. In addition, we learn that England is not a particularly hospitable place for Nigerian refugees who, at times, are truly running for their lives.
This novel ultimately turns out to be a story of friendship, the one that grows between Little Bee and Andrew's wife, Sara. Despite the fact that the story was narrated from the points of view of Little Bee and Sara, I felt that there could have been much more depth to it. Nevertheless, it kept up my interest and made me aware of the sad fate of illegal immigrants from Nigeria to England.
Journal Entry 3 by SqueakyChu at Little Free Library Of Twinbrook (#7720) - 5811 Vandegrift Avenue in Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, January 10, 2023
SqueakyChu at Little Free Library Of Twinbrook (#7720) - 5811 Vandegrift Avenue in Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Released 2 mos ago (1/10/2023 UTC) at Little Free Library Of Twinbrook (#7720) - 5811 Vandegrift Avenue in Rockville, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I'm releasing this book for...
***The The January 2023 Clean Start Release Challenge hosted by NancyNova. The book title contains the word BEE .
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Enjoy the book!
***The The January 2023 Clean Start Release Challenge hosted by NancyNova. The book title contains the word BEE .
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Enjoy the book!
I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...
Journal Entry 5 by SqueakyChu at Little Free Library (unregistered) -- 318 Broadwood in Rockville, Maryland USA on Sunday, January 29, 2023
SqueakyChu at Little Free Library (unregistered) -- 318 Broadwood in Rockville, Maryland USA on Sunday, January 29, 2023
Released 2 mos ago (1/29/2023 UTC) at Little Free Library (unregistered) -- 318 Broadwood in Rockville, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu, or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.
Enjoy the book!
