The Girl Who Ran Without Legs

von Nate Haliv

292 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Kofo has no legs, but she's running a drug empire.Fifteen-year-old Kofoworola Falana cannot walk, and Lagos never forgives weakness. After a devastating bus crash leaves her orphaned, she is "rescued" by Uncle Kash, a wealthy benefactor with a warm smile and a cold rule: nothing is truly free. Placed in an elite high school, Kofo is given a new purpose: become an unseen courier. Using her wheelchair as the perfect cover, she moves Kash's designer drugs through the halls where the rich pretend nothing ugly exists. What starts as survival becomes a trap. Kofo is pulled into drug trafficking, addiction, and acts of violence she never imagined she could commit. When a student dies and a teacher is poisoned, the only man she trusted turns on her. Kofo is framed and dumped into Kirikiri, Nigeria's most notorious prison. There, a secret sisterhood offers a way out, rooted in fierce loyalty and Yoruba spirituality. To earn freedom, Kofo must face the monster Kash created, and decide who she will be when she finally learns how to run without legs.From the author of Lucy Far: The Untold Story of Child Trafficking comes a visceral, heart-stopping thriller about a girl who learns that you don't need legs to stand up to a monster.