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German Calendar, No December
by Sylvia Ofili
Illustrator: Birgit Weyhe
Ages: 14+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Cassava Republic Press
ISBN: 978-1-911115-61-8
Keywords: Mixed-race families, Diversity, Immigration, Graphic format, Germany, Nigeria
Olivia, with a Nigerian father and German mother, experiences rejection at her Lagos boarding school and her Hamburg hostel until she meets older immigrants to Germany. Expressive graphics.