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Black Star (The Door of No Return series)
Kwame Alexander
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Little, Brown/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-44259-6
Keywords: Historical Fiction-African Americans, Grandparents, Friendship, Segregation, Great Migration, Novels in verse, Baseball, Negro Leagues, Marcus Garvey, Mary McLeod Bethune
In the American South in the 1920s, Charley's summer revolves around her Black family, church, and playing baseball. An encounter with white teenagers changes everything. In verse. Sequel to The Door of No Return. Mature content