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Carnival curves

Carnival curves

Book 2025

"In this joyful and thought-provoking YA novel about self-acceptance, friendship, and the power of cultural tradition, two teens experience their first Toronto Caribbean Carnival in their last summer of high school. As the two best friends, one from a conservative Nigerian family and the other a Jamaican-Canadian, prepare costumes to dance in the Carnival parade, they confront questions of body image, relationships with young men, and the transit...