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When fifteen-year-old Chianti learns that her dad isn't her biological father, her family splinters.
Chianti goes to stay with her maternal grandmother, Ambuya, an eccentric and formidable ex-freedom fighter in Zimbabwe's civil war.
Ambuya's closest neighbors are the gogos: her three best-friends-turned-business-partners, who take Chianti under their wings. They make a living by upcycling choice items of secondhand clothing--when their supply chain's not being disrupted by thieves.
In between helping with the gogos' business, Chianti becomes fascinated by a box of her grandmother's old photos. As she wrestles with the ghosts of their past as well her own, she realizes that time is slippery, that family isn't defined by blood, and that it's never too late for a transformation.
Author: Blessing Musariri
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
Published: 04/07/2026
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9798765689134
Audience: Young Adult
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2026
Booklist 02/01/2026
School Library Journal 01/01/2026 pg. 51
About the Author
Musariri, Blessing: - Blessing Musariri is a Zimbabwean writer who has published short stories, poems, and novels. Her most recent YA novel, All That It Ever Meant (Zephyr/Head of Zeus and Norton, 2022), received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal, was a Junior Library Guild selection, and was chosen as an honor book by the Children's Africana Book Awards. Blessing has worked as a freelance editing and proofreading consultant and as an English teacher.
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When fifteen-year-old Chianti learns that her dad isn't her biological father, her family splinters.
Chianti goes to stay with her maternal grandmother, Ambuya, an eccentric and formidable ex-freedom fighter in Zimbabwe's civil war.
Ambuya's closest neighbors are the gogos: her three best-friends-turned-business-partners, who take Chianti under their wings. They make a living by upcycling choice items of secondhand clothing--when their supply chain's not being disrupted by thieves.
In between helping with the gogos' business, Chianti becomes fascinated by a box of her grandmother's old photos. As she wrestles with the ghosts of their past as well her own, she realizes that time is slippery, that family isn't defined by blood, and that it's never too late for a transformation.
Author: Blessing Musariri
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
Published: 04/07/2026
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9798765689134
Audience: Young Adult
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2026
Booklist 02/01/2026
School Library Journal 01/01/2026 pg. 51
About the Author
Musariri, Blessing: - Blessing Musariri is a Zimbabwean writer who has published short stories, poems, and novels. Her most recent YA novel, All That It Ever Meant (Zephyr/Head of Zeus and Norton, 2022), received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal, was a Junior Library Guild selection, and was chosen as an honor book by the Children's Africana Book Awards. Blessing has worked as a freelance editing and proofreading consultant and as an English teacher.
