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Magnolia Flower
Zora Neale Hurston/adapted by Ibram X. Kendi
Illustrator: Loveis Wise
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Amistad Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-309831-2
Keywords: Enslaved people, Cherokee, love, escape, family
In this poetic retelling of a love story between members of an escaped enslaved community, a father tries to stop his daughter from marrying. Lush digital illustrations.