num_pages: 256
description:  A magical middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who doesnt lie but no one believes and who winds up tangled in the web of a trickster spider of Ghanaian lore Ananse. Everyone says that the wild stories Nana tells are big fibs. But she always tells the truth as ridiculous as it sounds to hear about the troupe of circus squirrels stealing her teachers toupee. When another outlandish explanation lands her in hot water again her parents announce that Nana will be spending the summer with her grandmother in Ghana. She isnt happy to be missing the summer camp shes looked forward to all year or to be living with family that she barely knows in a country where she cant really speak the native language. But all her worries get a whole lot biggerliterallywhen she comes face-to-face with Ananse the trickster spider of legend. Nana soon discovers that the forest around the village is a place of magic watched over by Ananse. But a group of greedy contractors are draining the magic from the land intent on selling the wishes for their own gain. Nana must join forces with her cousin Tiwaa new friend Akwesi and Ananse himself to save the magic from those who are out to steal it before the magicand the forestare gone for good.
language: English
title: Fibbed
publisher: Razorbill