Angel of Greenwood
Square Fish · Print & ebook · May 1, 2022
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- Genres
- 20th-Century US YA, African American YA, Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Published
- Square Fish, May 1, 2022
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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.
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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.
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- historical-fiction framing
- cultural-literacy cross-check
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- 20th-century U.S. YA context
- book-club friendly conversation
Where it sits
| 20th-Century US YA | 75% |
|---|---|
| Prejudice & Racism for Teens | 67% |
| African American YA | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 20th-Century US YA
- Authors
- Randi Pink
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- May 1, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- 20th-Century US YA