Synopses & Reviews
‘Doretha is thirteen, black, and confused by her ambivalence about herself. . . . Leafing through her diary, Doretha remembers—and each memory of the past four years reveals something about her and about the people she has loved. The book is strong in perception, in its sensitivity, in its realism. —C.
Outstanding Childrens Books of 1974 (NYT)
Synopsis
After her father dies a young black girl watches her sister withdraw from her and her mother.
About the Author
Eloise Greenfield is a celebrated poet and the author of more than forty books for children, including the Coretta Scott King Award winner
Africa Dream; the Coretta Scott King Honor books
Mary Mcleod Bethune and
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir, co-written with Lessie Jones Little; and the
Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award Book
I Can Draw a Weeposaur and Other Dinosaurs. Ms. Greenfield is the recipient of the Hope S. Dean Award from the Foundation for Children's Literature and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children for the body of her work, and she has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent. "Honey, I Love," the title poem of one of her most wellknown poetry collections, will be illustrated as a picture book in honor of the collection's twenty-fifth anniversary of publication.