Tonya Bolden
Autor/a de George Washington Carver
Sobre l'autor
Tonya Bolden is the author of ten books, including "Strong Men Keep Coming", "The Family Heirloom Cookbook", & "33 Things Every Girl Should Know". She lives in Brooklyn, New York. (Bowker Author Biography)
Sèrie
Obres de Tonya Bolden
33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History: From Suffragettes to Skirt Lengths to the E.R.A. (2002) — Editor — 155 exemplars
33 Things Every Girl Should Know: Stories, Songs, poems, and Smart Talk by 33 Extraordinary Women (1998) 148 exemplars
Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America (2002) 101 exemplars
How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (2016) 70 exemplars
One Person, No Vote [A Young Adult Adaptation]: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally (2019) 65 exemplars
Rites of Passage: Stories About Growing Up by Black Writers from Around the World (1994) 26 exemplars
Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll (2023) 21 exemplars
Quarterly Black Review of Books 1 exemplars
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Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Bolden, Tonya
- Data de naixement
- 1959-03-01
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Educació
- Princeton University (BA|Slavic Languages and Literature with a Russian Focus|Magna cum laude)
Columbia University (MA|Slavic Languages and Literature) - Professions
- editor
college teacher
salesperson
office coordinator
English instructor
newsletter editor (mostra-les totes 8)
Freelance writer
research and editorial assistant to William E Rice
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 44
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 3,405
- Popularitat
- #7,484
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 157
- ISBN
- 170
- Preferit
- 1
But the Black Elite did exist, and I decided to read this young adult novel almost immediately after seeing the cover and skimming part of the blurb.
The opening stages of Essie's story have an atmospheric quality, and I was drawn in. I didn't remain that engrossed the whole time, however. I thought the story could have used more emotional flavors, including dashes of distinct humor, and a little something more to the relationships.
On the whole, the novel didn't quite strike the right balance between history and story for me. I do appreciate historical fiction that's steeped in its period, and this book has no lack of American history nuggets. Yet, in the midst of the many nuggets as well as all of the details on culture and style—the lists of real people, the lists of real books, the extended descriptions of fashion and furnishings and foods and whatnot—Victoria gets fairly lost as a character, as does the sense of a plot surrounding her. Through much of the novel's second half, the vignettes concerning Victoria the person seem to rush by with little in the way of emotional development or connection. Even with the introduction of Victoria's love interest in the fourth quarter, I didn't sense a real build of emotional chemistry between the couple, so I didn't connect with the romance.
Still, as Victoria's past eventually comes to meet her present, I'd say the novel does come back around to feeling more like a story again before the conclusion. And the history is yet valuable.
Anyone who reads this novel must be sure not to skip the Author's Note at the end.… (més)