Betty before X, Ilyasah Shabazz with Renée Watson
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Betty before X, Ilyasah Shabazz with Renée Watson
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Betty before X
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Oclc number
982088703
Responsibility statement
Ilyasah Shabazz with Renée Watson
Summary
A novel inspired by the life of Betty Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X. In 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. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the speeches from guest activists like Paul Robeson and Thurgood Marshall stir African Americans in her community to stand up for their rights. Betty quickly finds confidence and purpose in volunteering for the Housewives League, an organization that supports black-owned businesses
Target audience
juvenile
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- Shabazz, Betty -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / United States
- Novels
- Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction
- Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Stepfamilies -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism
- Family life -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Fiction
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- Civil rights movements -- Fiction
- Families -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Juvenile fiction
- Stepfamilies -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Children's audiobooks
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Biographical fiction
- Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
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- Shabazz, Betty -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / United States
- Novels
- Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction
- Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Stepfamilies -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism
- Family life -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Fiction
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- Civil rights movements -- Fiction
- Families -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Juvenile fiction
- Stepfamilies -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Children's audiobooks
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Biographical fiction
- Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
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