Figgy Takes the City
Both Nana and Figgy receive scholarships to attend Hope College in Ghana's big city, Accra. Figgy and Nana will have to leave behind the village and family they love, meet lots of new people and learn new things.
Figgy does not want to go, but Grandma Ama says she must. Then Nana begins acting strange and he will not tell Figgy what he is doing when he disappears from school on the weekends. When Figgy follows him one day, to a place that is scary and sad, she must convince him that he will always be a part of her family, no matter where he comes from.
And she learns that sometimes change is not so bad–especially if you have somewhere and someone to go home to.
About the Figgy Series
Books in series order
- 1.Figgy in the World(2014)
- 2.Figgy and the President(2016)
- 3.Figgy Takes the City(2017)
Reading age: 8+ years
This series should be read in order.
Figgy has two problems. One is her name. Nobody in Ghana has that name. The other is that her grandmother is ill and needs special medicine. Figgy can't do much about her name, but she can do something for Grandma Ama.
She will go to America and bring back the medicine, and Kwame, her special goat, will go with her. Out in the wide world she will meet some bad people, but she will also find good friends.