Set during the post-civil rights movement, Roberta Frost still has many questions about how she fits into the world. She’s thirteen, Black, and Catholic at a pivotal moment in history. She’s arguing with the nuns at her school about the hypocrisy of Thomas Jefferson and dealing with her parents’ troubled marriage at home. Then, when she’s told she can’t participate in her school’s essay contest, her mother reveals family truths she’ll have to face head-on.
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