Three Black children navigate personal struggles and first crushes amid the terror of Atlanta's 1979 child murders.
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Three Black children navigate personal struggles and first crushes amid the terror of Atlanta's 1979 child murders.
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An award-winning author makes her fiction debut with the coming-of-age story of three young black children during the Atlanta child murders of 1979.Its summer in Atlanta and black children are disappearing. By the time the heinous killing spree is over, 29 will be dead. This haunting menace provides the backdrop to the exquisitely evocative stories of three children fighting the everyday battles of adolescence: Tasha, who is coping with her parents separation and the sweet pain of a first crush ...
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Romance & sex
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A young girl's first crush described with innocent longing
Violence & gore
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Backdrop of 29 child murders creates pervasive fear without graphic scenes
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult content
Political content
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Explores racial tensions and community fear during a crisis
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Abusive father; children living under threat of abduction and murder
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