Pub Date: September 27, 2022
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2022030776
Lexile Code: 0870
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 12 to 18
Physical Info: 0.46" H x 9.46" L x 6.60" W ( 1.03 lbs) 208 pages
Description:
Winner of the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award
Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
A Coretta Scott King Award Author and Illustrator Honor Book
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Best Book of the Year
A Horn Book Fanfare Title
Brief description: Derrick Barnes has received both a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Review Quotes: Anyabwile conveys great emotion in his fluid black-and-white art, which pairs well with the conversational first-person text.-- "Horn Book Magazine (starred review)"