Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black, and the complex ways in which they are forced to navigate the world, all while training for a fencing competition.
Framed. Bullied. Disliked. But I know I can still be the best.

Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him Black Brother, Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter-skinned brother, Trey.

When he's bullied and framed by the captain of the fencing team, King Alan, he's suspended from school and arrested.

Terrified, searching for a place where he belongs, Donte joins a local youth center and meets former Olympic fencer Arden Jones. With Arden's help, he begins training as a competitive fencer, setting his sights on taking down the fencing team captain, no matter what.

As Donte hones his fencing skills and grows closer to achieving his goal, he learns the fight for justice is far from over. Now Donte must confront his bullies, racism, and the corrupt systems of power that led to his arrest.

Powerful and emotionally gripping, Black Brother, Black Brother is a careful examination of the school-to-prison pipeline and follows one boy's fight against racism and his empowering path to finding his voice.

Jewell Parker Rhodes is an award-winning fiction and nonfiction author whose works include Voodoo Dreams, Season (previously titled Voodoo Season), Yellow Moon (formerly titled Yellow Moon), Magic City, Douglass' Women, Free Inside Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Writers, and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction. Virginia G. Piper Professor in Creative Writing and artistic director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for the Arts Arizona State University's Piper Center for Creative Writing She is a resident of Scottsdale, Arizona.

SKU	Unavailable
EAN	9781549157332
Title	Black Brother, Black Brother
Release date	2020-03-03
Format	Audiobook Unabridged
Studio	Blackstone Pub
Condition	Unavailable

By (author)	Jewell Parker Rhodes
Read by	Barry Buckner