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Sugar Town queens / Malla Nunn.

Nunn, Malla, (author.).

Summary:
"A biracial girl living in post-apartheid South Africa is determined to unveil the mystery of her white mother's hidden past" -- Provided by publisher.
When Amandla wakes up on her fifteenth birthday, she knows it's going to be one of her mother's difficult days. Her mother has had another vision. This one involves Amandla wearing a bedsheet loosely stitched as a dress. An outfit, her mother says, is certain to bring Amandla's father back home, as if he were the prince and this was the fairytale ending their family was destined for. But in truth, Amandla's father has long been gone--since before Amandla was born--and even her mother's memory of him is hazy. In fact, many of her mother's memories from before Amandla was born are hazy. It's just one of the many reasons people in Sugar Town give them strange looks--that and the fact her mother is white and Amandla is Black. When Amandla finds a mysterious address in the bottom of her mother's handbag along with a large amount of cash, she decides it's finally time to get answers about her mother's life. What she discovers will change the shape and size of her family forever. But with her best friends at her side, Amandla is ready to take on family secrets and the devil himself. These Sugar Town queens are ready to take over the world to expose the hard truths of their lives.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525515609
  • ISBN: 0525515607
  • Physical Description: 291, 21 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, ©2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes an excerpt from When the ground is hard.
Target Audience Note:
HL680L Lexile
Ages 12+. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Grades 7-9. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 4.6 11 11 516230
Subject: South Africa > Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people > Fiction.
Poverty > Fiction.
Secrets > Fiction.
Families > South Africa > Fiction.
South Africa > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 25 of 25 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library YOUNG ADULT MYS NUNN (Text) 50687011740597 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library YOUNG ADULT MYS NUNN (Text) 50686016105590 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library YA NUN (Text) 37268003117439 AHMFL Young Adult Available -
Altoona Area Public Library YA NUN (Text) 33240004884139 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Ashland Public Library JFIC NUN (Text) 30399000359042 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Boyertown Community Library YA NUN (Text) 33249024819207 Teen Fiction Available -
Dalton Community Library YOUNG ADULT MYS NUNN (Text) 50689010447364 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) YA NUN (Text) 91082103 GFWM Robinson Room Available -
Highland Community Library YA NUN (Text) 35610000987250 HGHM Young Adult Fiction Available -
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library YA FIC NUNN (Text) 39636100436688 Young Adult Available -


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