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Angel of Greenwood / Randi Pink.

Pink, Randi, (author.).

Summary:

Randi Pink's The Angel of Greenwood is a historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, OK, known as the "Black Wall Street."
"Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of W.E.B. Du Bois, he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place as equals. Sixteen-year-old Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family's financial situation is in turmoil. Also, as a loyal follower of Booker T. Washington, she believes, through education and tolerance, that black people should rise slowly and without forced conflict. Though they've attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can't turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon. But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are" -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1250768470
  • ISBN: 9781250768476
  • Physical Description: 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295).
Target Audience Note:
770L Lexile
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild Selection.

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Subject: Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Fiction.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Press coverage > Oklahoma > Tulsa > Fiction.
African Americans > Violence against > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Oklahoma > Juvenile fiction.
African American teenagers > Fiction.
Prejudices > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lawrence County Federated Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at New Castle Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
New Castle Public Library YAF Fic Pink (Text) 31902005416565 NWCM Young Adult Fiction Available -

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