Awards and HonorsCCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Fiction for Children
CSMCL Best Books - 2018 Kirkus Best Books, Middle-Grade - 2018
NYPL Best Books for Kids - 2018
Detroit, 1945: eleven-year-old Betty's house doesn't quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can't shake the feeling that her mother doesn't want her. Photograph of Betty Shabazz. Author’s note. Note about Detroit in the 1940s. Note about Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Information about the main characters in the book. Time line.
Topics Betty Shabazz (1934–1997). Childhood and youth. Family life. Detroit, Michigan. Civil rights movements. Racism. African Americans. Stepfamilies. Twentieth-century US history.
SRC Level 5.300000
SRC Points 9.000000
Lexile 810L
Trim Size 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Publication date 2018-01-01
JLG Release Date May 2018
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Realistic Fiction Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
Realistic Fiction Middle Plus
Realistic Fiction Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
For Grades 5-8
This 14-book category features stories with relatable characters that portray believable contemporary or historical real-life experiences.