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Synopsis
Participating in a special anniversary celebration for her parents in 1965 Harlem, ten-year-old Beryl is shocked and hurt when she learns that her older sister, Randy, is really her half-sister.
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About the Author
Tonya Bolden is the author of more than thirty books. She lives in New York City.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7?Beryl Nelson, 10, and her older sister Randy have always been close friends as well as siblings. Growing up in Harlem in the 1960s, they have had a secure, loving African American home with two devoted parents and their grandmother in an apartment upstairs. So Beryl experiences quite an upheaval when she discovers that Randy has a different father and was born out of wedlock. The fact that Randy already knows this secret troubles Beryl, who resentfully breaks the hinges on her sister's private keepsake box to view the photo of Randy's biological father. Beryl struggles with thoughts of her mother being a "tramp" and her sister a "bastard." The Nelsons are a religious family, and their wholesome values are evinced in the honest, gentle way in which the parents and Grandma spend time with the girls to resolve this crisis. A car trip to South Carolina for a family reunion helps Beryl gain understanding that the love in families is far more important than everything being "simple and neat." This is a story of relationships, with minimal action and a rather sketchy sense of place, but it is propelled by fine descriptive passages and an affirming portrait of a believable family.?Susan W. Hunter, Riverside Middle School, Springfield, VT
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- PublisherDutton Juvenile
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0525651926
- ISBN 13 9780525651925
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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