Dinah Johnson
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A young girl living on the coast of South Carolina dreams of her distant relatives on the shores of Africa and beyond. Indigo Dreaming is a poetic meditation between two young girls--on different sides of the sea--who wonder about how they are intricately linked by culture, even though they are separated by location. The girls' reflections come together, creating a vision of home, as well as a celebration of the Black diaspora.
4) Black magic
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"Black is a look, a taste, a speed, an emotion. It's the surprising stripes on a zebra, the taste of dark chocolate, the scary, exciting feeling of going inside a tunnel, and a mother's voice as her daughter falls asleep. In this celebration of the African American spirit, Dinah Johnson and R. Gregory Christie paint a picture of "black" that is vivid, varied, and proud"-- Provided by publisher.
5) Sunday week
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Describes the activities that a community of people engage in all week long as they wait for Sunday, the best day of all.
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"Amid ferocious fighting that many times nearly took his life, Sergeant Dillard 'C.J.' Johnson is recognized by the Pentagon to have accounted for more than two thousand enemy killed in action while battling inside and out of the 'Carnivore, ' the Bradley Fighting Vehicle he commanded during Operation Iraqi Freedom"--Dust jacket flap.
9) Quinnie Blue
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Hattie wonders about the activities of her grandmother Quinnie Blue when she was little.