The Other Side of Truth

This award-winning middle grade novel follows Sade, 12, and her 10-year-old brother Femi, as they are smuggled out of Nigeria to London after their mother is killed in an attempt on their outspoken journalist father's life. Abandoned upon arrival, they must navigate a new, bewildering city, foster care, school bullies, and the British legal system, all while fearing for their father's safety and facing the complexities of truth and identity. It is a poignant and suspenseful story about resilience, human rights, and the enduring bond of family in the face of political persecution and displacement.

Will the truth harm them — or save them?When Nigeria's corrupt military government kills their mother, twelve-year-old Sade and her brother Femi think their lives are over. Out of fear for their safety, their father, an outspoken journalist, decides to smuggle the children out of Nigeria and into London, where their uncle lives. But when they get to the cold and massive city, they find themselves lost and alone, with no one to trust and no idea when — or if — they will ever see their father again.The Other Side of Truth is a gripping adventure story about courage, family, and the power of truth.