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Author Amina Luqman-Dawson discusses her Newberry and Coretta Scott King award-winning novel "Freewater." Ages 10 and up.
Join us for a conversation with local author Amina Luqman-Dawson about her novel and our middle-grade All Alexandria Reads title: Freewater. Ages 10 and up.
Amina Luqman-Dawson: Amina Luqman-Dawson loves using writing to tell stories and to build an understanding of race, culture and community. Her published writing includes op-eds in newspapers, magazine articles, travel writing and book reviews. She’s authored the pictorial history book Images of America: African Americans of Petersburg. She has a BA in Political Science from Vassar College and a Master of Public Policy from UC Berkeley. Her debut novel, Freewater, is a New York Times Bestseller, a John Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winner. Amina, her husband, and 14-year-old son, reside in Arlington, VA.
Freewater: After fleeing the plantation where they are enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
AGE GROUP: | Children | All Ages |
EVENT TYPE: | Children | Author Talks | All Alexandria Reads |
TAGS: | va250 | Author talk | america250 | AllAlexandriaReads | All Alexandria Reads | Alex250 | AAR | #AllAlexandriaReads |
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