The ten-year-old Darling lives in the chaos of a tin shack settlement. Paradise is her home, and it lacks almost everything: her father, school, a television, or even enough to eat. But here, the adults leave you alone, the development workers give away toys, and nowhere in all of Africa can you steal guavas better. For everyone else, Paradise is a pile of broken dreams, but for Darling, it is the only place she has grown fond of. Just as Darling begins to understand, she is whisked away by her aunt to the USA. Abundant food, the television, school – all of this soon becomes a given, but in her new paradise, she soon faces her greatest challenge. We Need New Names tells the adventures of a girl in an inhospitable place in Africa. NoViolet Bulawayo gives her heroine a unique voice that remains strong despite everything.