Twelve-year-old Nellie Lee's family moves north to Chicago in hopes of escaping the racism of the rural south and taking advantage of the opportunities in the city, but instead they discover a new kind of prejudice within their own race.---from the publisher
114 pages 978-0590511599 Ages 9-12
Keywords: diary, African American, African American author, historical fiction, the Great Migration, diversity, diverse books, prejudice, colorism, part of a series, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, racism, social stratification in the Black community, World War I, Black Lives Matter
Read alike: Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams also deals with colorism in the Black community.
