I always like a young protagonist, but I don't always enjoy a foreign setting that is so different from what I know; this took place in Zimbabwe for the first half, in which we find Darling playing and stealing guavas with her friends. In the second part she is living with an aunt in Detroit, and the book becomes about an immigrant's experience. It is based on some of the author's experiences. I liked this book and I really liked the discussion that the GenreX had. I was coincidentally reading another Zimbabwe book at the same time, a memoir, Don't Let's Go to The Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller, so this increased my enjoyment and appreciation for We Need New Names.