With heart-pounding suspense and relevant social commentary comes a high-octane thriller from debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. Faridah currently studies English Literature at a university in the Scottish Highlands. She is an avid tea drinker, and a collector of strange mugs. She is an avid tea drinker, a collector of strange mugs and a recent graduate from a university in the Scottish Highlands where she studied English Literature. Faridah bk-ymd is a writer from South London who has dreamt of writing books about black kids saving (or destroying) the world all her life. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly? Faridah bk-ymd is the instant New York Times and IndieBound bestselling author of ACE OF SPADES.

Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures.Īs Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too.

When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.Īll you need to know is. Listen to an excerpt of Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's ACE OF SPADES, read by Jeanette Illidge and Tapiwa Mugweni.

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