num_pages: 368
description: An elite female fighter must reenter the competition to protect her found family of younger sisters in this scintillating young adult fantasy inspired by West African culture perfect for fans of The Gilded Ones and Creed .Eat. Dance. Fight.This is the life of the girls who compete in the Isles elite all-female fighting sport of Bowing. But it isnt really Dirts life anymore. At sixteen she is old and has retired from competition. Instead she spends her days coaching the younger sisters of the Mud Fam and dreading her fast-approaching birthday when shell have to leave her sisters to fulfill whatever destiny the Gods choose for her.Dirts young sisters are coming along nicely and the Mud Fam is sure to win the upcoming South God Bow tournament which is the tiny Fam needs the new recruits that come with victory. Then an attack from a powerful rival leaves the Mud without their top Bower and Dirt is the only one who can compete in the tournament. But Dirt is old out of shape and afraid. She has never wanted to be a leader. Victory seems impossibleyet defeat would mean the end of her beloved Fam. And no way is Dirt going to let that happen.
language: English
title: Daughters of Oduma
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers