Playaway. "HD." "Light." Previously released by Penguin Random House LLC., ℗2019. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones or auxiliary cord required for listening. Read by Bahni Turpin with a letter read by the author.
Summary:
"Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz has never thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but because she inadvertently passes as white, her cousin thinks she's too privileged, pampered, and selfish to relate to the injustices African Americans face on a daily basis. In the meantime, Nevaeh's dad decides that she should have a belated bat mitzvah instead of a sweet sixteen, which guarantees social humiliation at her posh private school. But rather than take a stand, Nevaeh does what she's always done when life gets complicated: she stays silent. Only when Nevaeh stumbles upon a secret from her mom's past, finds herself falling in love, and sees firsthand the prejudice her family faces does she begin to realize she has a voice. And choices. Will she continue to let circumstances dictate her path? Or will she decide once and for all who and where she is meant to be?"-- Provided by publisher.
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