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Just brilliant.--Kirkus Reviews Heavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited fearlessly explores the intersections of poverty, sexual violence, depression, racism, and sexism--all through the arc of a transcendent coming-of-age story for fans of Renee Watson's Piecing Me Together and Ibi Zoboi's American Street. Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between two worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece of herself behind on the East Side. There are dangers to leaving behind the place that made you. Echo soon realizes there is pain flowing through everyone around her, and a black veil of depression threatens to undo everything she's worked for. Christy Ottaviano Books
Author: Echo Brown
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 01/14/2020
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781250309853
Age Range: 14-18
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 510112 / Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
Award: William C. Morris YA Debut Award - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2019
Booklist 12/15/2019 pg. 97
Publishers Weekly 12/23/2019
School Library Journal 01/01/2020 pg. 82
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2020
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard -- Echo Brown, Hardcover
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African American & Black, Class Differences, Echo Brown, Hardcover, Henry Holt & Company, High School, Mental Illness, Poverty, Social Themes, Young Adult, Young Adult FictionA William C. Morris Award Finalist
Brown has written a guidebook of survival and wonder.--The New York TimesJust brilliant.--Kirkus Reviews Heavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited fearlessly explores the intersections of poverty, sexual violence, depression, racism, and sexism--all through the arc of a transcendent coming-of-age story for fans of Renee Watson's Piecing Me Together and Ibi Zoboi's American Street. Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between two worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece of herself behind on the East Side. There are dangers to leaving behind the place that made you. Echo soon realizes there is pain flowing through everyone around her, and a black veil of depression threatens to undo everything she's worked for. Christy Ottaviano Books
Author: Echo Brown
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 01/14/2020
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781250309853
Age Range: 14-18
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 510112 / Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
Award: William C. Morris YA Debut Award - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2019
Booklist 12/15/2019 pg. 97
Publishers Weekly 12/23/2019
School Library Journal 01/01/2020 pg. 82
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2020
About the Author
Echo Brown is an African-American writer, performer, and playwright from rural Ohio. A Dartmouth alumna and the first female college graduate in her family, she is currently based in Northern California. Echo is best known for her one-woman show Black Virgins Are Not For Hipsters. Black Girl Unlimited marks her debut.