Heavy: An American Memoir African American & Black - Historical / Fantasy - Historical / Magical Realism she sees as much grit

she sees as much grit as glamour

Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Angela Johnson writes a poignant young adult novel of deception

Children will identify with so many of the beautiful

and kindness

early childhood education

Heavy: An American Memoir African American & Black - Historical / Fantasy - Historical / Magical Realism she sees as much grit*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times* *Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal (Biography Memoirs), The Washington Post (Nonfiction), Southern Living (Southern), Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Times Critics* In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded memoirwinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal