My Life as an ice Cream Sandwich

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Call Number: Y Fiction / Zoboi, Ibi , Kids Book / Fiction / General / Zoboi, Ibi Aanu
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / Zoboi, Ibi	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Zoboi, Ibi Aanu	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Zoboi, Ibi Aanu	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Zoboi, Ibi Aanu	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Dust jacket art by Frank Morrison.
In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.
Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace's love for all things outer space and science fiction--especially Star Wars and Star Trek. But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it's decided she'll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem. Harlem is an exciting and terrifying place for a sheltered girl from Hunstville, and Ebony-Grace's first instinct is to retreat into her imagination. But soon 126th Street begins to reveal that it has more in common with her beloved sci-fi adventures than she ever thought possible, and by summer's end, Ebony-Grace discovers that Harlem has a place for a girl whose eyes are always on the stars.

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Great book even if not my type submitted by lorigatlin on June 17, 2021, 12:47pm This book is very well written. The author really knows how to make you feel the struggle Ebony-Grace goes through, and also describes 1984 Harlem so well it felt like I was there. The book also included short interspersed comic sections showing Ebony's imagination. However, they way Ebony drew into herself and confused her imagination with real life was off putting to me, not because it was done badly, but just because that kind of thing is always off putting to me.