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Find out moreFrom New York Times bestselling and multi award-winning author Renee Watson comes a heartwarming and inspiring middle grade novel about finding deep roots and exploring the past, the present, and the places that make us who we are. 'Some of the places I am still getting to know, some of these places I have known all my life. All of these places made me, are making me.' All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father's family in New York City - Harlem. She can't wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to stay in the brownstone where her father grew up. Maybe this will help her understand her family - and herself - in a new way. But New York City is not exactly what Amara thought it would be. It's noisy, crowded, confusing, and her cousins can be mean. Plus her father is too busy working to spend time with her and too angry to fix his relationship with Grandpa Earl. Amara can't help wondering, even if she does discover more about where she came from, will it help her know where she belongs?
ISBN: | 9781526613684 |
Publication date: | 5th September 2019 |
Author: | Renee Watson |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Childrens Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Format: | Paperback / softback |
Pagination: | 224 pages |
Categories: | Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), |
RENEE WATSON is the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author of the novels Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, Betty Before X, co-written with Ilyasah Shabazz, and two picture books: Harlem's Little Blackbird and A Place Where Hurricanes Happen. Renee is the founder of I, Too Arts Collective, a non-profit committed to nurturing underrepresented voices in the creative arts. She lives in New York City. reneewatson.net; @harlemportland (Instagram); @reneewauthor (Twitter)
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