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Angel of Greenwood / Randi Pink.

Pink, Randi, (author.).

Summary:
Randi Pink's The Angel of Greenwood is a historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, OK, known as the "Black Wall Street."
"Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of W.E.B. Du Bois, he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place as equals. Sixteen-year-old Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family's financial situation is in turmoil. Also, as a loyal follower of Booker T. Washington, she believes, through education and tolerance, that black people should rise slowly and without forced conflict. Though they've attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can't turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon. But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are" -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1250768470
  • ISBN: 9781250768476
  • Physical Description: 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295).
Target Audience Note:
770L Lexile
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Subject: Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Fiction.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Press coverage > Oklahoma > Tulsa > Fiction.
African Americans > Violence against > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Oklahoma > Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers > Fiction.
Prejudices > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 20 of 21 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 21 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library YOUNG ADULT PINK (Text) 50687011704775 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library YA PIN (Text) 33240004898196 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library YA FICTION Pin (Text) 85131001745323 CACM Young Adult Fiction Available -
DuBois Public Library YA FIC PINK (Text) 61000100058607 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library YA FIC PINK (Text) 36446002049404 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library YA PIN (Text) 33249024770962 Teen Fiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) YA PIN (Text) 91079205 GFWM Robinson Room Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Teens PIN Fiction (Text) 34007002425812 Teen Area Available -
Huntingdon County Library TEEN JF PIN (Text) 30298100626021 Juvenile Teen Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Young Adult Fiction Pink Historical (Text) 39427103595161 Young Adult Room: Young Adult Fiction Available -


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