Black Girl You Are Atlas -- Renée Watson, Hardcover Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction A cryptic murder pulls a

A cryptic murder pulls a former soldier turned financial analyst deep into the corruption and menace that prowl beneath the opulent world of finance

I rescued a girl from a basement thinking she was innocent

Yasmin is a brat who speaks out of turn

politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted

brings them all together in a one-of-a-kind

Black Girl You Are Atlas -- Renée Watson, Hardcover Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction A cryptic murder pulls aA thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award winning author and poet Rene Watson. In this semi autobiographical collection of poems, Rene Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls