num_pages: 240
description: A young woman speaks out against her wealthy abuser in this riveting YA novel from one of Ghanas most celebrated childrens book authors. When Amerley is offered a job working for one of her mothers old school friends she knows she has to accept. Her wages will feed her family help her sisters stay in school and ensure that her mother wont have to worry about them. Amerleys move to Accra isnt easy but she soon settles into her new life away from her small villageuntil she is raped by the son of her employer. Torn between keeping quiet to keep her job and speaking up for herself and for justice Amerley must decide how to live her truth and the impact of her choice will be felt through her entire community.Through the life of an ordinary girl from a small country village Even When Your Voice Shakes exposes the damage wrought by institutionalized misogyny and poverty and reveals how even those who are most disadvantaged are never without their own power.
language: English
title: Even When Your Voice Shakes
publisher: Norton Young Readers