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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take....
2) Camp-out
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Nonstop rain dampens the family's plans to go camping. But with a boost from Ty, the Camp-Out comes out just fine. Rhythmic text, vibrant art, family love, and Black boy joy shine on every page of this camping adventure"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama--about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival"--
From the moment Ava Carson and her ten-year-old son, Toussaint, arrive at the Glenn Avenue family shelter in Philadelphia 1985, Ava is already plotting a way out. She is repulsed by the shelter's squalid conditions: their cockroach-infested room, the barely edible food, and the shifty...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"This is a memoir of George's boyhood in New Jersey, growing up with their brother and two cousins, all under the supervision of their larger-than-life grandmother"--
"This is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul — four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold each other close through early brushes with racism, memorable experiences at the family barbershop, and first loves and losses. And...
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