![]() ![]() Roaring Brook, 19.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-59643-973-3 In this clear, comprehensive history of Motown. Then a series of disturbing events unfolds, and Dee realizes that she isn't the only one having trouble with Wexford. BUY THIS BOOK Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound Andrea Davis Pinkney. Why can't she just make herself fit in the way Lindsay does and make her parents happy? And when it comes to trying out for the lacrosse team, Dee finds that not even her fanciest footwork can help her. None of the other kids in her English class have even HEARD of Langston Hughes, her favorite poet, and someone named Web keeps leaving her notes. But Dee isn't so sure.įrom the moment she steps on the school bus that takes her to Wexford Middle School, she's confronted by stares and whispers. Dee's father is certain that the move will mean better opportunities for Dee and her sister, Lindsay. Then her father is promoted and the family has to relocate-all the way to suburban Wexford, Connecticut. But my friend Lorelle, she said she knew the deal: In places like Wexford everybody's white.įor twelve-year-old Deirdre "Camera Dee" Willis, home is Redmond Avenue in Baltimore, where she loves to take photographs of her friends and jump rope with her double-dutch team, the Jumpin' Jive Five. Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrations) 4.16 124 ratings29 reviews A rhythmic, whimsically illustrated celebration of Black and brown babies and the joy, tender moments, and boundless love shared between children and their caregivers, from New York Times bestselling and award-winning duo Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney. ![]() ![]() No other black kids? That couldn't be right. ![]()
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