A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia - 9780062367310

Name: A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia - 9780062367310
Brand: Rita Williams-Garcia

Rita Williams-Garcia

A Sitting in St. JamesAuthor(s): Rita Williams-Garcia\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States\nImprint: Quill Tree Books\nISBN-13: 9780062367310, 978-0062367310\nSynopsis\nWinner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award!\n\n7 starred reviews! \""Monumental.\"" Booklist (starred review) * \""A marathon masterpiece.\""Kirkus (starred review) * \""Necessary.\""SLJ (starred review) * \""Shocking and dramatic.\""Shelf Awareness (starred review) * \""Mesmerizing, confounding and vividly rendered.\""Book Page (starred review) * \""Williams-Garcias storytelling is magnificent; her voice honest and authentic.\""Horn Book (starred review)\n\nThis astonishing novel from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterworkempathetic, brutal, and entirely humanand essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism.\n\n1860, Lou.