{"product_id":"black-star-1","title":"Black Star","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Coretta Scott King Honor Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe thrilling follow up to the #1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Door of No Return\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003estars Kofi’s granddaughter, Charley, who’s set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball but who soon has to contend with the tensions about to boil over in her segregated town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYou can’t protect her from knowing. The truth is all we have.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e12-year old Charley Cuffey is many things: a granddaughter, a best friend, and probably the best pitcher in all of Lee’s Mill. Set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball, Charley doesn't need reminders from her best friend Cool Willie Green to know that she has lofty dreams for a Black girl in the American South.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEven so, Nana Kofi's thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to dream big. She knows he has so many more to tell, but according to her parents, she isn't old enough to know about certain things like what happened to Booker Preston that one night in Great Bridge and why she can never play on the brand-new real deal baseball field on the other side of town.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen Charley challenges a neighborhood bully to a game at the church picnic, she knows she can win, even with her ragtag team. But when the picnic spills over onto their ball field, she makes a fateful decision.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA child cannot protect herself if she does not know her history, and Charley's choice brings consequences she never could have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this riveting follow up to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Door of No Return\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, set during the turbulent segregation era, and the beginning of The Great Migration, Kwame Alexander weaves a spellbinding story of struggle, determination, and the unflappable faith of an American family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kwame Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45485983563952,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/91aQx1fStxL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785127288","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/black-star-1","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}