A novel navigating peer-pressure, friendship, love, migration and casual racism. Chevalier retells the story of Shakespeare’s play Othello but set in Washington, D.C. in the 1970s. 11 year old protagonist Osei, the son of a diplomat, starts his first day at a new school, the fourth school in six years. Luckily, he finds a potential friend in Dee, the most popular girl in school. However, things go from bad to worse, when another student sets his mind on manipulating this fragile new friendship.

Novel · United States · 2017