Hidden away from a harsh and chaotic outside world, five young people have cobbled together a home for themselves in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country's tumult. At seventeen, Elimane is the group's father figure. Clever Khoudimata is mother by default. There's athletic, pragmatic Ndevui and thoughtful Kpindi. Little Namsa is their newest and youngest member. When Khoudi comes under the spell of the "Beautiful People," the desire to resume an interrupted coming of age and forge her own destiny proves impossible to resist.
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