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Randi Pink

Autor de Angel of Greenwood

6 Obras 357 Miembros 11 Reseñas

Obras de Randi Pink

Angel of Greenwood (2021) 147 copias
Into White (2016) 100 copias
Girls Like Us (2019) 92 copias
We Are the Scribes (2022) 15 copias
Toya 2 copias
Under the Heron's Light (2024) 1 copia

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Conocimiento común

Género
female
Nacionalidad
USA

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This emotionally gripping book is a definite buy for every library.
 
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aiudim2 | Apr 16, 2024 |
I have always heard about Black Wallstreet and I knew the unfortunate ending, but I liked seeing this fictional take on it. We get to see how life may have been for those living in this sort of Black oasis. The people in the community felt real to me. The Booker T. Washington vs. W.E B. Du Bois conversations where their two ideologies are contrasted were good as well.

For those more interested in the historical aspects, they may be disappointed by how much the story focuses on Isaiah’s development, Angel’s need to help, and innocent romance (slightly insta-lovey but fitting). The actual events don’t take place until the last hundred pages, choosing instead to focus on our main characters’ lives instead.

I enjoyed (as much as you can with the subject matter) reading Angel of Greenwood, and I wish there was more attention given to it. This is a split pov with Angel and Isaiah. Angel is the girl with a heart of gold who is always caring for others and not herself, while Isaiah is a secretly decent guy led around by his nasty friend Muggy jr.

I did not know how early on would the book touch on the vile massacre, so there was an impending sense of dread for me. However, the lightheartedness of Isaiah getting his junk together and his beautiful, lovesick poems he wrote about Angel were a welcome distraction.

While I generally don’t read much historical fiction featuring African-Americans/Black Americans (I’m always left with a mixture of anger and sadness afterwards; it can be emotionally-draining at times), I don’t regret reading this. We, descendants from North American chattel enslavement, have truly had an enduring time in this country. Still, Angel of Greenwood shows that black life isn’t/wasn’t this all-consuming suffering. People had lives, aspirations, hopes and dreams and whatnot too.

Anyway, this is worth reading (and talking about!)

3.5
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DestDest | 2 reseñas más. | Nov 26, 2023 |
 
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LibrarianRyan | Jun 23, 2023 |
Reason read; ROOT, TIOLI challenge
This is another free summer read program book from AudioFile Sync; young adult, coming of age. It explores issues of young people not liking who they are and praying that God would make them different; pretty, nice hair, skinny or even white.
½
 
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Kristelh | 5 reseñas más. | Mar 15, 2023 |

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Obras
6
Miembros
357
Popularidad
#67,136
Valoración
½ 3.6
Reseñas
11
ISBNs
22

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