Unstoppable Octobia May / Sharon G. Flake.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 276 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0545609607
- 0545609615
- 0545609623
- 9780545609609
- 9780545609616
- 9780545609623
- African American girls -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Southern States -- Juvenile fiction
- Boardinghouses -- Southern States -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction
- Secrets -- Fiction
- Southern States -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Flake Sharon | Available | 33111007621549 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Bestselling and award-winning author, Sharon G. Flake, delivers a mystery set in the 1950s that eerily blends history, race, culture, and family.Octobia May is girl filled with questions. Her heart condition makes her special - and, some folks would argue, gives this ten-year-old powers that make her a "wise soul." Thank goodness for Auntie, who convinces Octobia's parents to let her live in her boarding house that is filled with old folks. That's when trouble, and excitement, and wonder begin. Auntie is non-traditional. She's unmarried and has plans to purchase other boarding homes and hotels. At a time when children, and especially girls, are "seen, not heard," Auntie allows Octobia May the freedom and expression of an adult. When Octobia starts to question the folks in her world, an adventure and a mystery unfold that beg some troubling questions: Who is black and who is "passing" for white? What happens when a vibrant African American community must face its own racism?And, perhaps most important: Do vampires really exist? In her most and probing novel yet, Sharon G. Flake takes us on a heart-pumping journey.
Includes bibliographical references.
In 1953 ten-year-old Octobia May lives in her Aunt's boarding house in the South, surrounded by an African American community which has its own secrets and internal racism, and spends her days wondering if Mr. Davenport in room 204 is really a vampire--or something else entirely.