7:30pm
Free
The Black Kids
with Christina Hammonds Reed
Presented by The Republic Of Childhood and Ottawa Reads YA/Ottawa Bouquine
Monday
Nov , 2020
23
Should be required reading in every classroom.
Join us as Christina Hammonds Reed discusses her first novel, The Black Kids. Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.
Suitable for young writers aged 13+, this event is presented by the Ottawa International Writers Festival's The Republic Of Childhood and Ottawa Public Library's Ottawa Reads YA/Ottawa Bouquine.
