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English
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In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Author
Language
English
Description
Feeling most alive when he plays music with his grandfather, aspiring bluesman Clayton Byrd is devastated when his grandfather passes away and his mother forbids him from playing the blues, losses that compel him to run away in the hope of joining other bluesmen on the road.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
As she tries to escape her mother's efforts to "plait-a-plait" and "string-a-bead" her hair, a young girl imagines herself running away into a jungle.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
133 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.
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