TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cline-Ransome,Lesa
TI  - Being Clem
SN  - 9780823446049
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Holiday House
KW  - Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Families
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Chicago
KW  - Racism
KW  - Fathers
KW  - Death
KW  - African American boys
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Single-parent families
KW  - Chicago (Ill.)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Ages 8-12; Holiday House; Grades 4-6; Holiday House
N2  - When nine-year-old Clem's father dies in the Port Chicago Disaster he is forced to navigate his family's losses and struggles in 1940's Chicago; 1944. Clem's father is away, serving as a sailor in World War II. When the family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago explosion in San Francisco, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. The obstacles put in place by racial injustice seem insurmountable. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home-- and himself. Can he live up to his father's legacy? -- adapted from jacket
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