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Publisher Comments:

The close relationship of a pair of biracial twins is tested when their grandmother enters them in a pageant for African American girls in this new story from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Sundee T. Frazier.

When Minerva and Keira King were born, they made headlines: Keira is black like Mama, but Minni is white like Daddy. Together the family might look like part of a chessboard row, but they are first and foremost the close-knit Kings. Then Grandmother Johnson calls, to invite the twins down South to compete for the title of Miss Black Pearl Preteen of America.

Minni dreads the spotlight, but Keira assures her that together they'll get through their stay with Grandmother Johnson. But when grandmother's bias against Keira reveals itself, Keira pulls away from her twin. Minni has always believed that no matter how different she and Keira are, they share a deep bond of the heart. Now she'll find out the truth.

Synopsis:

Twin daughters of interracial parents, eleven-year-olds Keira and Minna have very different skin tones and personalities, but it is not until their African American grandmother enters them in the Miss Black Pearl Pre-Teen competition in North Carolina that red-haired and pale-skinned Minna realizes what life in their small town in the Pacific Northwest has been like for her more outgoing, darker-skinned sister.
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About the Author

Sundee T. Frazier is the author of Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It, for which she received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award. As a teen, she was crowned Miss Palouse Empire and was first runner-up in the Washington State Junior Miss Program (not pageant). Learn more about her and her books at www.sundeefrazier.com.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780375896637
Publisher:
Random House Children's Books
Subject:
Fiction : Suspense
Author:
Frazier, Sundee T.
Author:
Sundee Tucker Frazier
Author:
Frazier, Sundee Tucker
Subject:
Identity
Subject:
Racially mixed people
Subject:
Family - Multigenerational
Subject:
Social Issues - Prejudice & Racism
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:
Children s-Reference Family and Genealogy
Subject:
Children s Middle Readers-General
Subject:
Popular Fiction-Suspense
Subject:
Juvenile Fiction : General
Subject:
Ethnic - African American
Subject:
main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Publication Date:
20100608
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Grade Level:
4-7
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Age Level:
9-12
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The Other Half of My Heart
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"Synopsis" by , Twin daughters of interracial parents, eleven-year-olds Keira and Minna have very different skin tones and personalities, but it is not until their African American grandmother enters them in the Miss Black Pearl Pre-Teen competition in North Carolina that red-haired and pale-skinned Minna realizes what life in their small town in the Pacific Northwest has been like for her more outgoing, darker-skinned sister.
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