Tigerfish by Tej Rae

Mwati Mabula is a ten-year old girl who wants what she can’t have. She is as strong-willed as her grandmother, the first female president of Zambia. To an outsider, it looks like Mwati has everything -- which only makes it harder. Mwati runs away from home by hiding in the guard’s pick-up truck, in search of a girl she spotted on a fishing trip who embodies the simple, fun life that Mwati craves.

During her time in the village, Mwati plays a barefoot football match and stares down a black mamba, but village life is not what Mwati expected, and when she is ready to go back home, she’s not sure how she will get there. She’d better hurry. Her grandma is waiting for her in Olso, where she is about to win the prize of her life.