We Need New Names

3.8 avg 23816 votes 2982 reviews 33401 want to read

About this book

Whenever foreigners visit Paradise they always ask Darling and her friends to smile for the camera. Here are some of the things Darling and her friends have to smile about: stealing guavas, gifts from NGOs, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. But they all want to go to the real paradise in America or Britain.

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3.8/5 · 23816 readers · 301 pages · ≈ 5 h 34 m · Light

How long does it take to read We Need New Names?

About ≈ 5 h 34 m — 301 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mWe Need New Names~5 h 34 m

How many pages is We Need New Names?

301 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320We Need New Names301

What genre is We Need New Names?

It sits on the Historical Fiction, Fiction shelves.

Is We Need New Names in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote We Need New Names?

NoViolet Bulawayo.

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