Black brother, Black brother

The Resource Black brother, Black brother
Label
Black brother, Black brother
Statement of responsibility
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place
  • Framed. Bullied. Disliked. But I know I can still be the best. Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter-skinned brother, Trey. When he's bullied and framed by the captain of the fencing team, "King" Alan, he's suspended from school and arrested. Terrified, searching for a place where he belongs, Donte joins a local youth center and meets former Olympic fencer Arden Jones. With Arden's help, he begins training as a competitive fencer, setting his sights on taking down the fencing team captain, no matter what. As Donte hones his fencing skills and grows closer to achieving his goal, he learns the fight for justice is far from over. Now Donte must confront his bullies, racism, and the corrupt systems of power that led to his arrest. Powerful and emotionally gripping, Black Brother, Black Brother is a careful examination of the school-to-prison pipeline and follows one boy's fight against racism and his empowering path to finding his voice. -- From dust jacket
Additional physical form
Also available in electronic format.
Cataloging source
DLC
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • Ages 8-12
  • HL400L
Intended audience source
  • Little, Brown and Company
  • lexile
Interest level
MG
Literary form
fiction
Reading level
3.4
Study program name
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
Target audience
pre adolescent
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