A Moment of Silence
Midnight III
Atria/Emily Bestler Books · Print & ebook · October 4, 2016
In this electrifying novel, New York Times bestselling author and “an important voice in American literature” (Jada Pinkett Smith) Sister Souljah returns to the story of her beloved character, Midnight.
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- Who it’s for
- A return to Midnight’s story, where family, faith, and street violence press hard against one another.
- Genres
- Black Urban Fiction, Black Romance, Coming-of-Age
- Published
- Atria/Emily Bestler Books, October 4, 2016
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In this electrifying novel, New York Times bestselling author and “an important voice in American literature” (Jada Pinkett Smith) Sister Souljah returns to the story of her beloved character, Midnight. Handsome, young, Muslim, and married to two women living in one house along with his mother, Umma, and sister, Naja: can Midnight manage all that he has on his plate?
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He is surrounded by Americans who don’t share or understand his faith or culture, and adults who are offended by his maturity, intelligence, and his natural ability to make his hard work turn into real money. He is calm, confident, and cool, Ninja-trained and powerful, but one moment of rage throws this Brooklyn youth into a dark world of dirty police, gangs, guns, drugs, prisons, and dangerous inmates. Everything he ever believed, every dollar he ever earned, and all of the women he ever loved—including his mother—are at risk. Will his manhood be taken, broken, or altered? Can he maintain his faith? Outnumbered, overruled, and deeply envied—how can he possibly survive? Will the streets convert him? What can he keep? What must he lose?
Faith Under Pressure
A return to Midnight’s story, where family, faith, and street violence press hard against one another.
Come here for
- A young Muslim’s faith and family under pressure
- Brooklyn street danger with intimate personal stakes
Expect
- Tension between cultural misunderstanding and hard-won confidence
- A serious, immersive coming-of-age under threat
Where it sits
| Black Urban Fiction | 89% |
|---|---|
| Black Romance | 77% |
| Coming-of-Age | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Urban Fiction
- Black Women's Fiction
- Black Urban Fiction
- Authors
- Sister Souljah
- Publisher
- Atria/Emily Bestler Books
- Published
- October 4, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Urban Fiction