| The Shimmershine Queens Contributor(s): Yarbrough, Camille (Author) |
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ISBN: 0698113691 ISBN-13: 9780698113695 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 88011539 |
| Lexile Measure: 690 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 4.98" W x 7.79" (0.27 lbs) 144 pages |