Black Girl You Are Atlas Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Self Esteem & Reliance This may be Dale’s only

This may be Dale’s only chance to show the adults in his life that a career as an artist is not just a dream but a possibility

much to the disgust of her nemesis

Leaf is nowhere to be found

Winner of the Cóyotl Award for Best Novel

Will Naomi or Melvin emerge as a leader

Black Girl You Are Atlas Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Self Esteem & Reliance This may be Dale’s onlyA thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award winning author and poet Rene Watson. In this semi autobiographical collection of poems, Rene Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls