The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
- ISBN-10
- 0147514304
- ISBN-13
- 9780147514301
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-01-22
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Author
- Brenda Woods
Description
Feeling out of place as a biracial student in an all-white school and tiring of people thinking she is adopted, Violet investigates her late African-American father's heritage by forging a tenuous bond with an unwelcoming paternal grandmother. By the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of The Red Rose Box.
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