Description
The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed is a powerful and timely coming-of-age story about a wealthy Black teenager living in Los Angeles during the 1992 Rodney King riots. Ashley Bennett has always lived a privileged life. She attends a mostly white private school and her friends are all white. But when the Rodney King riots break out, Ashley’s world is turned upside down. For the first time, Ashley is forced to confront the realities of racism and injustice. She also has to come to terms with her own identity and what it means to be Black in America.
Book Review: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/45800564
