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    Little Bee

    by Chris Cleave

    Readers: 1 · Shelf entries: 1

    Published: 2009

    Pages: 292

    Average rating: ★★★★☆ 4.00

    Ratings: 1 total

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Millions of people have read, discussed, debated, cried, and cheered with Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee girl whose violent and courageous journey​ puts a stunning face on the worldwide refugee crisis​.

“Little Bee will blow you away.” —The Washington Post The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide in this page-turning #1 New York Times bestseller, book club favorite, and “affecting story of human triumph” (The New York Times Book Review) from Chris Cleave, author of Gold and Everyone Brave Is Forgiven.

We don’t want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn’t.

And it’s what happens afterward that is most important. Once…

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    @wylie  Rated this book  · May 14, 2026

    Little Bee

    by Chris Cleave

    Readers: 1 · Shelf entries: 1

    Published: 2009

    Pages: 292

    ★★★★☆ 4/5

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