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Sincerely Sicily / Tamika Burgess.

Van Pelt Library PZ7.1.B8744 Si 2023
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Burgess, Tamika, author.
Contributor:
Local Philadelphia: Julia de Burgos Bookstore at Taller Puertorriqueño Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Multiracial people--Juvenile fiction.
Multiracial people.
Panamanian Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Panamanian Americans.
Self-esteem--Juvenile fiction.
Self-esteem.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices.
Middle schools--Juvenile fiction.
Middle schools.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Schools.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Families.
Multiracial people--Fiction.
Panamanian Americans--Fiction.
Self-esteem--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Middle schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Genre:
Juvenile works
Fiction
Novels
School fiction.
Novels.
Physical Description:
283 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Summary:
Sixth-grader Sicily Jordan learns to use her voice and to find joy in who she is--a Black Panamanian fashionista who rocks her braids with pride--while confronting prejudice both in the classroom and at home.
Sicily Jordan's worst nightmare has come true! She's been enrolled in a new school, with zero of her friends and stuck wearing a fashion catastrophe of a uniform. But however bad Sicily thought sixth grade was going to be, it only gets worse when she does her class presentation. While all her classmates breezed through theirs, Sicily is bombarded with questions on how she can be both Black and Panamanian. She wants people to understand, but it doesn't feel like anyone is ready to listen-first at school and then at home. Even though she hasn't written in her journal since her abuelo passed, it's time to pick up her pen again-but will it be enough to prove to herself and everyone else exactly who she is?
Notes:
Américas Award commended title, 2024
ISBN:
9780063159600
0063159600
9780063159617
0063159619
OCLC:
1334660294

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