My life as an ice cream sandwich / Ibi Zoboi ; illustrations by Anthony Piper.
By: Zoboi, Ibi Aanu [author.].
Contributor(s): Piper, Anthony [illustrator.] | Morrison, Frank [illustrator.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2019]Description: 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780399187353; 0399187359; 9780399187360 .Subject(s): 1900-1999 | African Americans -- Juvenile fiction | Imagination -- Juvenile fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction | Imagination -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism | JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / General | JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes) | Interpersonal relations | African Americans | Imagination | Imagination -- Juvenile fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction | African American children -- Juvenile fiction | African Americans -- Juvenile fiction | Imagination -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | African American children -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | New York (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | New York (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem | New York (State) | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction | New York (State) -- History -- Juvenile fiction | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction | New York (State) -- History -- FictionGenre/Form: Children's stories. | History. | Fiction. | Juvenile works. | Fiction.Additional physical formats: Online version:: My life as an ice cream sandwichSummary: In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.Summary: Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace's love for all things outer space and science fiction--especially Star Wars and Star Trek. But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it's decided she'll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem. Harlem is an exciting and terrifying place for a sheltered girl from Hunstville, and Ebony-Grace's first instinct is to retreat into her imagination. But soon 126th Street begins to reveal that it has more in common with her beloved sci-fi adventures than she ever thought possible, and by summer's end, Ebony-Grace discovers that Harlem has a place for a girl whose eyes are always on the stars.Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that's changing at warp speed.
Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace's love for all things outer space and science fiction-especially Star Wars and Star Trek . But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it's decided she'll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem.
Harlem is an exciting and terrifying place for a sheltered girl from Hunstville, and Ebony-Grace's first instinct is to retreat into her imagination. But soon 126th Street begins to reveal that it has more in common with her beloved sci-fi adventures than she ever thought possible, and by summer's end, Ebony-Grace discovers that Harlem has a place for a girl whose eyes are always on the stars.
A New York Times Bestseller
Dust jacket art by Frank Morrison.
In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.
Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace's love for all things outer space and science fiction--especially Star Wars and Star Trek. But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it's decided she'll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem. Harlem is an exciting and terrifying place for a sheltered girl from Hunstville, and Ebony-Grace's first instinct is to retreat into her imagination. But soon 126th Street begins to reveal that it has more in common with her beloved sci-fi adventures than she ever thought possible, and by summer's end, Ebony-Grace discovers that Harlem has a place for a girl whose eyes are always on the stars.
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