Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
1) We could fly
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise. Drawing on lyrics from the song "We Could Fly" by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, which in...
2) The talk
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.