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[2019]., Adolescent, Ink Yard Press Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When a school presentation goes very wrong, Alaine Beauparlant finds herself suspended, shipped off to Haiti and writing the report of a lifetime"--Provided by publisher.
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[2019]., Adolescent, Inkyard Press Call No: Realistic Fic Moulite Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: To avoid a suspension, high school senior Alaine Beauparlant agrees to an internship with her aunt's nonprofit in Haiti where she comes to respect her heritage while exploring her family's history, getting to know her estranged journalist mother, and experiencing the country of her ancestors.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Inkyard Press Call No: Realistic Fic Moulite Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When Kezi Smith loses her life after an encounter with police at a Black Lives Matter protest, her sister Happi questions the media's portrayal of a sister she was never really close to. Pressed by her older sister and other friends, Happi joins a road trip along Route 66 to commemorate the memory of her sister, stopping at historical black safe houses noted in the "Negro Motorist Green Book." The journey prompts Happi and the other women to grieve, ponder personal ways to remember Kezi, and reflect on the scope and history of racial injustice.
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-- 1 of the good ones[2021]., Adolescent, Ink Yard Press Call No: TEEN FIC MOU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered. Perfect. Angelic. One of the good ones. Even as the phrase rings wrong in her mind--why are only certain people deemed worthy to be missed?--Happi and her sister Genny embark on a journey to honor Kezi in their own way, using an heirloom copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book as their guide. But there's a twist to Kezi's story that no one could've ever expected--one that will change everything all over again"--Dust jacket.
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-- 1 of the good ones[2021]., Adolescent, Ink Yard Press Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered. Perfect. Angelic. One of the good ones. Even as the phrase rings wrong in her mind--why are only certain people deemed worthy to be missed?--Happi and her sister Genny embark on a journey to honor Kezi in their own way, using an heirloom copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book as their guide. But there's a twist to Kezi's story that no one could've ever expected--one that will change everything all over again"--Dust jacket.
