Some places more than others
Readers rate it 4.4 (7 on Hardcover)
210 pages · Released 2019 · Bloomsbury Children's Books
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This is a thoughtful middle-grade novel about family estrangement, identity, and reconciliation centered on a girl's trip to Harlem. The story deals with complicated family secrets and unresolved hurt, but handles these themes with age-appropriate sensitivity and emotional intelligence. The book celebrates cultural heritage, intergenerational understanding, and the courage to bridge divides, making it both engaging and meaningful for readers navigating their own family dynamics.
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Amara desperately wants a trip to New York for her birthday, to meet her dad’s family and see where he grew up and she can’t understand why her parents are reticent about the trip. Until she discovers her dad hasn’t spoken to his dad, Grandpa Earl, for twelve years – not since the day she was born. What could make them... Amara desperately wants a trip to New York for her birthday, to meet her dad’s family and see where he grew up and she can’t understand why her parents are reticent about the trip. Until she discovers her dad hasn’t spoken to his dad, Grandpa Earl, for twelve years – not since the day she was born. What could make them so mad at each other? For Amara, this makes the trip even more important. Perhaps she can untangle the web of secrets that’s got her family twisted into this knot, and help her father mend the past. Harlem, NY is very different from her home in Oregon and, arriving in the city, she’s plunged in a whole new world. But it’s one with a powerful history that speaks deeply to Amara and leads to surprising revelations about people she loves and her own sense of self.
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- Children's fiction
- Family life, fiction
- African americans, fiction
- New york (n.y.), fiction
- Harlem (new york, n.y.), fiction
- Young Adult
- Adventure
- Juvenile Fiction
- Fiction
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ISBN 9781681191089 · Bloomsbury Children's Books