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Weatherford, Carole Boston

In Your Hands

32 pp. | Atheneum | September, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-6293-8 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-6294-5
(2) PS Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Amidst soft, swirling swoops of gentle lines and colors, a mother shares her hopes and dreams for her newborn boy. As the mother realizes that her son will eventually outgrow her protection, the book becomes an explicit call for the recognition of the worth of African American boys: "Black lives matter. Your life matters." The interplay between the commercial design of the book and its political point is intriguingly subversive.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2017

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