The Girl Who Was Always Second

Amara Chidinma Okafor is used to coming second.

In school, there is always someone ahead of her, and that someone is usually Dara. The more Amara compares herself with her talented classmate, the more determined she becomes to prove that she can be first.

But as Amara begins to discover her love for writing, she is forced to confront a difficult question: who is she when nobody is watching, and nobody is keeping score?

The Girl Who Was Always Second is a warm and thoughtful story about friendship, comparison, ambition and self-discovery. Through Amara's journey, young readers are reminded that success is not simply about being first and that no position on a list can define who they are or what they are capable of becoming.