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When presented with difficult choices, music provides the focus and motivation for a boy to live up to a father’s advice and remember his mother’s love in this necessary paean to familial love.
This excellent piece of reporting would be a great addition to any library serving elementary readers.
This is a stunning and provocative addition to biography collections for elementary school-age children.
Including subtle yet important history and geography lessons, Wolo’s book gives readers an opportunity to become immersed in West African culture while realizing the lessons of growing up include universal experiences: prejudice, poverty, and self-determination.
Overall, an entertaining and engaging read with diverse characters and subject matter. A necesary addition to all collections seeking heartwarming tales of first crushes, and the importance of centering marginalized history.
A modern folktale, a love letter to the diaspora, and a unique novel-in-verse, this work is recommended for all teen collections.
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