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02395aam a2200325 i 4500 001 6C0A7014EAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210722010305 008 201113t20202020azu d 000 1 eng d 010 $a 2020944806 020 $a 1684630835 020 $a 9781684630837 040 $a CoBoFLC $b eng $e rda $c CoBoFLC $d SKYRV $d SILO 100 1 $a Farmer, Robin. 245 10 $a Malcolm and me / $c Robin Farmer 264 1 $a Pheoniz, AZ : $b SparkPress, of BookSparks, $c 2020. 300 $a 259 pages ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a Philly native Roberta Forest is a precocious rebel with the soul of a poet. The thirteen-year-old is young, gifted, black, and Catholic-although she's uncertain about the Catholic part after she calls Thomas Jefferson a hypocrite for enslaving people and her nun responds with a racist insult. Their ensuing fight makes Roberta question God and the important adults in her life, all of whom seem to see truth as gray when Roberta believes it's black or white. An upcoming essay contest, writing poetry, and reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X all help Roberta cope with the various difficulties she's experiencing in her life, including her parent's troubled marriage. But when she's told she's ineligible to compete in the school's essay contest, her explosive reaction to the news leads to a confrontation with her mother, who shares some family truths Roberta isn't ready for. Set against the backdrop of Watergate and the post-civil rights movement era, Malcolm and Me is a gritty, yet graceful, examination of the anguish teens experience when their growing awareness of themselves and the world around them unravels their sense of security-a coming-of-age tale of truth-telling, faith, family, forgiveness, and social activism. 650 0 $a African American teenagers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Social conditions $y 20th century $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Civil rights movements $z United States $x History $y 20th century $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women authors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Social justice $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Catholic schools $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Schools $v Fiction 941 $a 1 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722063934.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6C0A7014EAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search