For Black Girls Like Me Delta Reading Month the dark figures who wield

the dark figures who wield power in the shadows

the bunheads put on a show to remember

Cassius began training as an amateur boxer at age twelve

and our faith

For Black Girls Like Me Delta Reading Month the dark figures who wieldA debut middle grade novel about an African American girl who was adopted into a white family. This lyrical and personal storyinspired by the author's own lifeexplores the complexities of family, race, sisterhood, and belonging. I am a girl but most days I feel like a question mark. Makeda June Kirkland is eleven years old, adopted, and black. Her parents and big sister are white, and even though she loves her family very much, Makeda often feels left