The Shimmershine Queens
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Imprint: Puffin Books
(Jun 18, 1996)
Fiction, Paperback, 144 pages
Age Range: Middle Grade
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780698113695
Fiction, Paperback, 144 pages
Age Range: Middle Grade
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780698113695
Description of The Shimmershine Queens
Angie and Michelle are best friends, facing the very real problems of growing up in a tough inner-city neighborhood where it’s sometimes not considered "cool," or even safe, to be smart or to have kinky hair and dark skin. That is until 90-year-old Cousin Seatta comes to visit and teaches Angie and Michelle about the shimmershine feeling, that good feeling and pride which people have for their racial heritage and physical features.
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