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Black Girl You Are Atlas

Renée Watson

This poetry collection, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, explores Black girlhood through poems and art. Rooted in Renée Watson’s life, the poems draw on relationships with family and community members as well as memories of adolescence. They address a girl’s thoughts about beauty, crushes, music, and news of police violence against Rodney King. Other pieces depict community spaces, including Ms. Tiny’s Saturday kitchen. The collection uses specific personal experiences to consider relationships, identity, and what it means to grow up as a Black girl.

This book appears on 4 reading lists across 1 edition from 4 organizations.

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Book details

Themes
Community · Family · Growing Up · Identity · Racism And Prejudice
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Kokila
Published
February 13, 2024
Pages
96
ISBN-13
9780593461709
Language
English
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