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In the Key of Us

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by Mariama J. Lockington
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mariama J. LockingtonAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2024-05-21Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:Square FishISBN-13:9781250866493ISBN-10:1250866499UPC:9781250866493Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, Love & Romance, Social ThemesBook Topic:Death, Grief, BereavementAward:2023 Stonewall Book Award Honor Book - Children's AwardSize:7.56 x 5.04 x 1.02 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCGG0PF7TQ

Stonewall Book Awards--Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Honor Book

From the author of the critically acclaimed novel For Black Girls Like Me and the Schneider Family Book Award Winner Forever Is Now, comes a coming-of-age story surrounding the losses that threaten to break us and the friendships that make us whole again.

Thirteen-year-old Andi feels stranded after the loss of her mother, the artist who swept color onto Andi's blank canvas. When she is accepted to a music camp, Andi finds herself struggling to play her trumpet like she used to before her whole world changed. Meanwhile, Zora, a returning camper, is exhausted trying to please her parents, who are determined to make her a flute prodigy, even though she secretly has a dancer's heart.

At Harmony Music Camp, Zora and Andi are the only two Black girls in a sea of mostly white faces. In kayaks and creaky cabins, the two begin to connect, unraveling their loss, insecurities, and hopes for the future. And as they struggle to figure out who they really are, they may just come to realize who they really need: each other.

Mariama J. Lockington's In the Key of Us is a lyrical ode to music camp, the rush of first love, and the power of one life-changing summer.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Square FishISBN-13:9781250866493ISBN-10:1250866499UPC:9781250866493Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, Love & Romance, Social ThemesBook Topic:Death, Grief, BereavementAward:2023 Stonewall Book Award Honor Book - Children's AwardSize:7.56 x 5.04 x 1.02 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCGG0PF7TQ
Mariama J. Lockington is an adoptee, educator, and Schneider Family Book Award and Stonewall Honor-winning author. She has been telling stories and making her own books since the second grade, when she wore short-alls and flower leggings every day to school. She is the author of For Black Girls Like Me, In the Key of Us, and Forever Is Now, as well as a poetry chapbook The Lucky Daughter. Mariama holds a Masters in Education from Lesley University and Masters in Fine Arts in Poetry from San Francisco State University. She lives in Lexington, KY with her partner and dapple haired dachshund, Henry.
Publisher: Square Fish

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🏆 2023 Stonewall Book Award Honor Book - Children's Award

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