The Resource For black girls like me, Mariama J. Lockington
For black girls like me, Mariama J. Lockington
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Resource Information
The item For black girls like me, Mariama J. Lockington represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Forsyth County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Contents
-
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
- Isbn
- 9780374308049
- Label
- For black girls like me
- Title
- For black girls like me
- Statement of responsibility
- Mariama J. Lockington
- Subject
-
- trueRacism
- Home schooling -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- trueInterracial adoption
- Interracial adoption -- Fiction
- Interracial adoption -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMental illness
- Moving -- Fiction
- trueMoving, Household
- Moving, Household -- Fiction
- Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAdopted girls
- trueAfrican American girls
- African Americans -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAlbuquerque, New Mexico
- trueBildungsromans
- trueChildren of people with mental illnesses
- trueChildren's stories
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamily problems
- Family problems -- Fiction
- trueHome schooled girls
- Home schooling -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Children's Books, 2020.
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2019.
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2019.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10798658
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lockington, Mariama
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.1.L6235
- LC item number
- For 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 3
- 7
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Identity (Philosophical concept)
- African Americans
- Interracial adoption
- Families
- Home schooling
- Moving, Household
- Identity (Psychology)
- African Americans
- Interracial adoption
- Family problems
- Home schooling
- Moving, Household
- Moving
- Children's stories
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- For black girls like me, Mariama J. Lockington
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Spring -- Summer -- Fall
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374308049
- Lccn
- 2018035461
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1045201241
- (OCoLC)on1045201241
- 637039
- Label
- For black girls like me, Mariama J. Lockington
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Spring -- Summer -- Fall
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374308049
- Lccn
- 2018035461
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1045201241
- (OCoLC)on1045201241
- 637039
Subject
- trueRacism
- Home schooling -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- trueInterracial adoption
- Interracial adoption -- Fiction
- Interracial adoption -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMental illness
- Moving -- Fiction
- trueMoving, Household
- Moving, Household -- Fiction
- Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAdopted girls
- trueAfrican American girls
- African Americans -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAlbuquerque, New Mexico
- trueBildungsromans
- trueChildren of people with mental illnesses
- trueChildren's stories
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamily problems
- Family problems -- Fiction
- trueHome schooled girls
- Home schooling -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2019
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Middle Readers Category: 2020
- trueAdoption and Foster Care
- trueOwn Voices: Fiction and Nonfiction for Grades 3-5
- trueAfrican American Girls' Lives
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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