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African Americans Fiction African Americans Juvenile fiction Black Panther Party Juvenile fiction Civil rights movements Fiction Civil rights movements Juvenile fiction Mothers Juvenile fiction Oakland (Calif.) History 20th century Fiction Oakland (Calif.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Poets Juvenile fiction Sisters Juvenile fictionMottley, Leila
Summary: "A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MOTCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOTWilliams-Garcia, Rita.
Summary: In the summer of 1968, after travelling 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2010