num_pages: 190
description: Debut novel about growing up black in white suburbs, where the cost of fitting in can be your very identity. Redefining what it means to be young, black and beautiful in the the New South Africa. Winner of the European Union Literary Award. 
language: English
title: Coconut
titlecomplete: Coconut
genres: Contemporary, College, Novels, Africa, Young Adult, African Literature, Race, 21st Century, South Africa, Fiction
ratings_count: 1664
places: South Africa
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa 
publisher: Jacana Media