{"product_id":"dreaming-in-colorliving-in-black-paperback","title":"Dreaming in Color Living in Black and White: Our Own Stories of Growing Up Black in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurel Holliday\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this young adult anthology, many people of color share their stories of oppression, discrimination, and triumph.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I constantly questioned myself as a child. All of the positive images of people I'd seen were white. To be beautiful, you not only had to be stick-skinny, with no behind, you had to have long silky blond hair and blue eyes, a thin nose, and thin lips. I just didn't measure up.\" --Charisse Nesbit, Maryland \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese true stories from every part of America tell what it was like growing up in world where the color of people's skin set them apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do you feel when a teacher doesn't believe that you wrote the story he thinks is great? How can you make friends and belong in a black school when your father is black and your mother is Puerto Rican? What do you do when you're working in the kitchen of a summer camp in Vermont, but you're not allowed to swim in the camp lake? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll the writers' pain, confusion, humiliation, and rage are vividly expressed, but many of them went on to realize their dreams against overwhelming odds. Their voices offer hope, inspiration, and a challenge to us all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurel Holliday, formerly a college teacher, editor, and psychotherapist, now writes full time in Seattle. She is the award-winning author of the Children of Conflict series: \u003ci\u003eChildren in the Holocaust and World War II: Their Secret Diaries; Children of The Troubles: Our Lives in the Crossfire of Northern Ireland; Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Children of the Dream: Our Own Stories of Growing Up Black in America.\u003c\/i\u003e Laurel Holliday is also the author of \u003ci\u003eHeartsongs, \u003c\/i\u003e an international collection of young girls' diaries, which won a Best Book for Young Adults Award from the American Library Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dreaming in Color, Living in Black and White: Our Own Stories of Growing Up Black in America (Abridg\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118831243399,"sku":"9781442471771","price":12.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/44bf43b143649dc0635eaf37ea37c9e7.webp?v=1732536675","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dreaming-in-colorliving-in-black-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}