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 City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
This item is available to borrow from all 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
- Label
- For black girls like me
- Title
- For black girls like me
- Statement of responsibility
- Mariama J. Lockington
- Subject
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- Home schooling -- Juvenile fiction
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Identity -- Juvenile fiction
- trueInterracial adoption
- Interracial adoption -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMental illness
- trueMoving, Household
- Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction
- trueRacism
- trueAdopted girls
- trueAfrican American girls
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAlbuquerque, New Mexico
- trueChildren of people with mental illnesses
- trueChildren's stories
- trueFamily problems
- Family problems -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- trueHome schooled girls
- 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
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- ALA Notable Children's Books, 2020.
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2019.
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2019.
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- 10798658
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lockington, Mariama
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 3
- 7
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
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- Identity
- African Americans
- Interracial adoption
- Family problems
- Home schooling
- Moving, Household
- Children's stories
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- For black girls like me, Mariama J. Lockington
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374308049
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- For black girls like me, Mariama J. Lockington
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374308049
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- Home schooling -- Juvenile fiction
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Identity -- Juvenile fiction
- trueInterracial adoption
- Interracial adoption -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMental illness
- trueMoving, Household
- Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction
- trueRacism
- trueAdopted girls
- trueAfrican American girls
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAlbuquerque, New Mexico
- trueChildren of people with mental illnesses
- trueChildren's stories
- trueFamily problems
- Family problems -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- trueHome schooled girls
Genre
Included in
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Middle Readers Category: 2020
- trueAdoption and Foster Care
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2019
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.
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