Details

Subject(s)

• Racism—United States—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• White people—Race identity—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Prejudices—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Racism—United States—History—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Civil rights movements—United States—History—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• African Americans—Social conditions—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• White supremacy movements—United States—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Denial (Psychology)—United States—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• United States—Race relations—Juvenile literature [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Fiction [Browse]

Series

Ordinary terrible things [More in this series]

Summary note

• "A white child sees a news report of a white police officer shooting and killing a person with brown skin who had their hands up. "We don't see color," the child's mother says, but the child senses a deeper truth. An afternoon in the library uncovers the reality of white supremacy in America. The child connects to the opportunity and their responsibility to dismantle white supremacy-for the sake of their own liberation out of ignorance and injustice"--Provided by author's website.
• "A necessary children's book about whiteness, white supremacy, and resistance. Important, accessible, needed."-- Kirkus Review.

Awards

• School Library Journal, starred review.
• NPR Best Books, 2018
• School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018

ISBN

• 9781948340007 ((hardcover))
• 1948340003 ((hardcover))

OCLC

1030765865

Other standard number

• 40028720078

Statement on language in description

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