The Nights of My Life

Content : Maya, 12, and her dreamlike double Aminata: a journey of identity between reality and imagination.

Maya falls asleep everywhere — in class, on the bus, at home. Because in her dreams, she becomes Aminata, a heroine with magical hair who fights monsters that imprison children who are different.

In real life, Maya — the only Black child in a white family — endures the stares and remarks of a narrow-minded small town. Everything changes with the arrival of a charismatic new student, who shakes both her inner and outer worlds. Between waking and dreaming, love and identity, this novel celebrates the power of imagination in facing reality.