What Happened on Thursday?: A Nigerian Civil War Story

Honor Book for the Children’s Africana Book Award

A Notable Social Studies Trade Book

A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year

A Children’s Book Council Teacher and Librarian Favorite

A powerful story of family love amid the backdrop of war, as seen through the eyes of a child.

The Nigerian Civil War began and ended on a Thursday, and for the family in this book, their lives are forever changed by that day.

Told from a child’s perspective, this story follows one family on their journey as ...