A Summer of Kings by Han Nolan
It's 1963 and fourteen-year-old Esther Young is looking for excitement. Cursed with a lack of talent in a family filled with artistic types, Esther vows to get some attention by initiating a summer romance with a black teen accused of murdering a white man in Alabama.King-Roy Johnson shows up on Esther's doorstep that summer, an angry young man who feels betrayed by the nonviolent teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. Sent north by his mother to escape a lynch mob, he meets a follower of Malcolm X's who uses radical teachings about black revolution to fuel King-Roy's anger and frustration. But with each other's help, both Esther and King-Roy learn the true nature of integrity and find the power to stand up for what is right and true.
National Book Award-winning author Han Nolan brings readers a bold new voice--by turns funny and poignant, innocent and worldly--in this powerful coming-of-age story set during the turbulent struggle for civil rights.
Han Nolan is the author of Dancing on the Edge, which won the National Book Award, and Send Me Down a Miracle, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, as well as a number of other critically praised juvenile novels. Her husband and she live on the East Coast.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780152051082 |
| ISBN 10 | 0152051082 |
| Title | A Summer of Kings |
| Author | Han Nolan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company |
| Year published | 2006-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Golden Sower Award (Young Adult) 2009, Short-listed for Isinglass Teen Read Award 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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