Historical Fiction Title for Review Consideration: Orange Line to Forest Hills

Good day, everyone -

My name is Kevin Parham, and I am seeking an AALBC review for my upcoming 350-page historical novel, Orange Line to Forest Hills. The story follows the intense emotional arc of the protagonist, Sadie Mae Beckham, as she navigates mid-20th-century challenges in an environment that denies people of color the opportunity to achieve their goals and take their rightful place in American society.

Consideration of my submission would be greatly appreciated.

Respectfully,

Kevin

Name: Kevin Parham (Author) https://priapublishing.com/

Book Title: Orange Line to Forest Hills

ISBN: 978-0-9849485-9-8

Publication Date: July 14, 2026

List Price: $17.99 (paperback) $4.99 (digital)

Synopsis:

Fifteen-year-old Sadie Mae Beckham has grown up knowing the cruelty of racism in the Jim Crow South, but nothing prepares her for the brutal lynching of her father. Determined not to let hatred define her future, Sadie Mae leaves everything she knows behind and travels to Boston, Massachusetts, driven by a single goal: to gain an education and one day become a doctor.

In her new high school, Sadie Mae forms an unlikely friendship with two girls, one Black, one white, who share her belief that injustice must be challenged, even when doing so comes at a cost. As the girls navigate peer pressure, family expectations, and quiet hostility in classrooms and summer jobs, their convictions are tested again and again.

When relationships across racial lines begin to draw unwanted attention, the friends are forced to confront a society determined to keep them apart. Each choice they make carries consequences, not just for themselves, but for those they care about. Will Sadie Mae hold onto her dream without compromising her values? Can friendship survive in a world built on division? And is moral courage enough to challenge a system designed to punish those who stand against it?

Orange Line to Forest Hills--a powerful story of friendship, determination, and the courage to choose what is right in a would shaped by fear and inequality.