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Middle grade is especially challenging as youth make the passage from childhood to young adulthood. My own middle years were difficult. (Sometimes I think I’m “rewriting” my own history through characters inspired by today’s amazing youth.) Most importantly, I’m providing diverse mirrors and a “safe place” for students to discuss critical issues about identity, social injustice, family, and friendship. Words are powerful; books open hearts and minds. We live in tense, unsettling, and disruptive times. Social equity issues, climate change, and the current spread of the coronavirus, in particular, affects us all. Youth are desperate to discuss conflicts and for opportunities to develop critical thinking skills and empathy. Characters become a conduit for them to explore ideas, feelings and, perhaps, more importantly, to discuss with classmates, teachers, and parents, ways to become empowered and make their future better and brighter. READ MORE Donte and his brother have recently started at a new mostly white, wealthy school... read more
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Selection, 2021 Selection, 2021 Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their Twitter handles. How many pages does Black Brother, Black Brother have?Product Details. What is the book Black Brother, Black Brother about?From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes, comes a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers, one who presensts as white, the other as black, and the complex ways in which they are forced to naviagte the world, all while training for a fencing competition.
What is the main conflict in Black Brother, Black Brother?Powerful and emotionally gripping, Black Brother, Black Brother is a careful examination of the school-to-prison pipeline and follows one boy's fight against racism and his empowering path to finding his voice.
Is Black Brother, Black Brother a novel?About the author
She wrote six novels for adults, two writing guides, and a memoir, but writing for children remained her dream. Now she is the author of seven books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother.
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