Boom Boom

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A heart-warming tale of love, faith, family and courage.

Osaik lives a happy, charmed life, his loyal dog Kompa always by his side. But his mother suffers from sickle cell disease, and one day his world is thrown into disarray when it takes her away from him.

Despite his grief, Osaik has to find a way of saving his little sister, Eghe, from the same fate. There is no time to waste as he, his dad, and the ever-faithful Kompa begin a race to get her all the help she needs.

For ages 9+.

Jude Idada

Jude Idada is a winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, an AMAA best screenplay award, an AMAA for Best Film by An African in the Diaspora, an AFRIFF Globe best screenplay award, and an ANA prize for Drama alongside several other awards. His films, The Tenant, Queen of the Night and Kofa have won various awards around the world. He has written feature films and television series for various multinational entertainment organizations, like StudioCanal and Amazon Prime. 

He has written and published a collection of short stories “A Box of Chocolates”, an anthology of poetry “Exotica Celestica”, three stage plays “Oduduwa – King of the Edos,” “Sankara” and “L’Otor – The Devils Pilgrimage, the first book in a trilogy of novels “By My Own Hands” and two children’s books “Didi Kanu and the Singing Dwarfs of the North” and “Boom Boom”.  

He is a member of the Nigeria Oscar Selection Committee, the Chair of the Jury of the Coal City Film Festival and was the head judge of the Quramo Writers Prize. Amongst others, Jude was selected as one of the writers for the University of Iowa International Writers Program, the TIFF ‘Adapt This” project, Afrinolly/Ford Foundation ‘Cinema4Change’ project, New Directions Filmmakers of the future project by MNET and the Relativity Media/AFRIFF Filmmaking project. 

His plays have been staged at British Council’s Lagos Theatre Festival, the Lagos Fringe Festival and other cities in North America, South America, and Europe. He has written and directed for stage in Canada, Nigeria, US, and South America and was the Creative Director of the AfriCan Theatre Ensemble in Toronto Canada. 

Jude has been inducted into the National Wall of Role Models at the Black Canadian Awards and founded the Sandra Whiteley Prize for Children’s Literature. He divides his time between Toronto, Canada and Lagos, Nigeria.

“In Jude Idada’s Boom Boom, agony and its relief, anxiety and serenity, despair and hope pulsate on the pages and bring into very vivid relief the human capacity to bear pain and overcome it. Boom Boom gives Sickle Cell Anaemia immense clarity in an absorbing and engulfing style”

—Judges’ Report, Nigeria Prize for Literature

“A heartwarming, heartbreaking story full of interesting information and highlights the generosity of those who choose to become bone marrow donors”

—Booktrust

“Tackles a difficult subject with sensitivity and clarity … will restore your faith in humanity”

—Kids Read the World

“This book is quite something. The story itself is beautiful, it really warms my heart … The whole narrative is informative, educational … all wrapped up in something wonderfully entertaining”

—Brewtiful Fiction

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Book Trim130 x 198mm
Number of Pages232
ISBN (Paperback)978-978-60517-7-2
Release DateDecember 10, 2024
GenreYoung Adult

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