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Black Brother, Black Brother

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By Jewell Parker Rhodes
Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Black Brother, Black Brother
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Description From awardwinning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful comingofage story about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black, and the complex ways in which they are forced to navigate the world, all while training for a fencing competition.Framed. Bullied. Disliked. But I know I can still be the best. Sometimes, 12yearold Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students dont look like him. They dont like him either. Dubbing him Black Brother, Dontes teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighterskinned brother, Trey. When hes bullied and framed by the captain of the fencing team, King Alan, hes suspended from sch...

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29257 words29,257 words
240 pages240 pages
Lexile HL400LLexile HL400L
Published 2020Published 2020

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Book ISBN:

9780316493819

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