What an incredible tale of triumph and fortitude this is.
This makes his determination to track down and learn from an African American Olympian fencer all the more moving, all the more inspiring. Their mom is a social justice lawyer whose family is “descended from captured Africans.” But despite the love and support of his brother and parents, Donte’s loneliness is powerfully palpable, especially when he’s suspended. Their dad is a computer architect whose family were “poor seafarers from Norway”. So, he resolves to get his own back on the student who got him in trouble, and the best way to do that is to beat the boy at his own game - fencing.ĭonte’s first-person narrative is pitch-perfect and incredibly powerful, and the brothers’ family life is beautifully portrayed too. As Donte is arrested - for nothing - he experiences (yet again) that “Black is not invisible”. “Your dreads are dreadful.” “Why can’t you be like your brother?” “Can your brother find you in the dark?” The brother in question is Trey, who presents as white and, as a result, occupies a very different place in the world.
They don’t like me either.” He’s singled out by teachers, and subjected to racist bullying by his classmates: “You dress thug”. Most of the students at Middlefield Prep don’t look like me. “I wish I were invisible…Sometimes I feel like I’m swimming in whiteness. One of the few black boys at his prestigious school, 7th grader Donte has a hard time of it, to say the least. Celebrate Elmer Day with David McKee's colourful and inclusive picture booksĪt once hard-hitting and heart-stirring, Black Brother, Black Brother confirms Jewell Parker Rhodes as an exceptional writer whose work resonates with authenticity, empathy, and powerful truths about race and equality.Great Children's Books to read with Dad this Father's Day!.10 Books for Children to Celebrate the Windrush Generation.30 Children's Books to Celebrate World Oceans Day.Children's Books that celebrate brilliant teachers for National Thank a Teacher Day!.
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