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African Americans Fiction Civil rights movements Fiction Civil rights movements Juvenile fiction Detroit (Mich.) History 20th century Fiction Detroit (Mich.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Family life Michigan Detroit Fiction Immigrants Michigan Detroit History 20th century Fiction Racism Fiction Stepfamilies Fiction Young women Michigan Detroit History 20th century FictionSmith, Colby Cedar
Summary: Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit is a beautifully written novel in verse loosely based on author Colby Cedar Smith's maternal grandmother. The story follows Mary as she and her family emigrate from Greece to Detroit in the 1930s, creating a historically accurate portrayal of life as an immigrant during the Great Depression, hunger strikes, and violent riots. Mary lives in a tiny apartment with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMIShabazz, Ilyasah
Summary: Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2018