What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris / BOOK OR BUNDLE - Starting at $17!

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BOOK SYNOPSIS

A coming-of-age novel told by almost-eleven-year-old Kenyatta Bernice (KB), as she and her sister try to make sense of their new life with their estranged grandfather in the wake of their father's death and their mother's disappearance...

An ode to Black girlhood and adolescence as seen through KB's eyes, What the Fireflies Knew follows KB after her father dies of an overdose and the debts incurred from his addiction cause the loss of the family home in Detroit. Soon thereafter, KB and her teenage sister, Nia, are sent by their overwhelmed mother to live with their estranged grandfather in Lansing, Michigan. Over the course of a single sweltering summer, KB attempts to navigate a world that has turned upside down.

Her father has been labeled a fiend. Her mother's smile no longer reaches her eyes. Her sister, once her best friend, now feels like a stranger. Her grandfather is grumpy and silent. The white kids who live across the street are friendly, but only sometimes. And they're all keeping secrets. As KB vacillates between resentment, abandonment, and loneliness, she is forced to carve out a different identity for herself and find her own voice.

A dazzling and moving novel about family, identity, and race, What the Fireflies Knew poignantly reveals that heartbreaking but necessary component of growing up - the realization that loved ones can be flawed and that the perfect family we all dream of looks different up close...

RECOMMENDED FOR: Grown-Ups

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

Publisher: Tiny Reparations Books

Publish Date: Hardcover - February 01, 2022 / Paperback - February 07, 2023

Pages: 288

Dimensions: Hardcover - 6.32 X 9.36 X 1.13 inches | 1.05 pounds / Paperback - 5.15 X 8.0 X 0.6 inches | 0.46 pounds

Language: English

Type: Hardcover or Paperback

Condition: NEW

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