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We Are the Scribes



by
Randi Pink

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Macmillan
Imprint
Feiwel & Friends
ISBN
9781250820310
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Marijuana Use , Language: Strong Language , Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes , Sexual Content: Sexual Harassment , Social Issue: Slavery in Historical Context , Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape Reference/Discussion
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City High School

A young adult novel by Randi Pink about a teenage activist who is visited by the ghost of Harriet Jacobs, an enslaved woman.

Ruth Fitz is surrounded by activism. Her mother is a senator who frequently appears on CNN as a powerful Black voice fighting for legislative social change within the Black community. Her father, a professor of African American history, is a walking encyclopedia, spouting off random dates and events. And her beloved older sister, Virginia, is a natural activist, steadily gaining notoriety within the community and on social media. Ruth, on the other hand, would rather sit quietly reading or writing in her journal.

When her family is rocked by tragedy, Ruth stops writing. As life goes on, Ruth’s mother is presented with a political opportunity she can’t refuse. Just as Senator Fitz is more absent, Ruth begins receiving parchment letters with a seal reading WE ARE THE SCRIBES, sent by Harriet Jacobs, the author of the autobiography and 1861 American classic, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

Is Ruth dreaming? How has she been chosen as a “scribe” when she can barely put a sentence together? In a narrative that blends present with past, Randi Pink explores two extraordinary characters who channel their hopelessness and find their voices to make history.

Author’s note.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Marijuana Use , Language: Strong Language , Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes , Sexual Content: Sexual Harassment , Social Issue: Slavery in Historical Context , Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape Reference/Discussion

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

304

Trim Size

8 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Dewey

F

AR

0: points 0

Lexile

HL670L

Genre

Fic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Feb 2023

Book Genres

Historical Fiction, Magical Realism

Topics

African American families. Harriet A. Jacobs (1813–1897). Social justice. Activism. Grief. Politics. Birmingham, Alabama. Atlanta, Georgia. Washington, DC.

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City High School
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Diversity,Fiction,Mature Readers,LGBTQ+,Novels,Realistic Fiction
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