Black Girl You Are Atlas -- Renée Watson, Hardcover Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction politically expedient marriage and a

politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted

A cryptic murder pulls a former soldier turned financial analyst deep into the corruption and menace that prowl beneath the opulent world of finance

LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME

I rescued a girl from a basement thinking she was innocent

Black Girl You Are Atlas -- Renée Watson, Hardcover Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction politically expedient marriage and aA thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award winning author and poet Rene Watson. In this semi autobiographical collection of poems, Rene Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls