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Author
Series
[Grace series] volume 1
Language
English
Description
Grace's class is putting on Peter Pan, and her classmates say she cannot play the role of Peter because she is a girl and is black, but her Ma and Nana say she can do anything she wants if she puts her mind to it.
Although classmates say she cannot play the part of Peter Pan in the school play because she is black and a girl, Grace discovers she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Grace wants to participate in her community festival's princess float, but first she must decide what sort of a princess she wants to be--from an African princess in kente cloth robes to a floaty pink fairy tale princess.
Author
Series
[Grace series] volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to Hoffman's "Amazing Grace", Grace gets the chance to go to Africa to visit her father and his new family, but she feels strange about it. Nana says families are what you make them, and Grace decides to make the most of hers.
Author
Publisher
Dial
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
As Tyler and his family decorate the Christmas tree, he begins to wonder: Why are all the Christmas tree angels blonde-haired, pink-cheeked little girls? Aren?t there any black angels? No one can answer his question -- not his mom, not his dad, not even Carl, the mall Santa. As Tyler combs the stores looking for a black angel, he discovers there are none to be found. But sometimes Santa has a surprise or two in his sleigh . . . Beautifully written...
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