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The Colored Car

by Jean Alicia Elster

Book Details

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published:

Language: en

Pages: 207

ISBN: 9780814336069

🎯 Confidence: 85%

Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

💥Violence

❤️Romance and Sexuality

🧠Mental Health

🧙Fantasy / Supernatural

💬!*$#Language

🍷🚬Substance Use

🏳️‍🌈Gender Identity & Representation

😨Fear / Horror

Description

For young readers, the powerful story of an African American girl's train journey south from Detroit in 1937. In The Colored Car, Jean Alicia Elster, author of the award-winning Who's Jim Hines?, follows another member of the Ford family coming of age in Depression-era Detroit.

Themes & Topics

FictionHistoryUnited StatesState & LocalMidwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)Juvenile FictionPeople & PlacesAfrican American & BlackHistorical19th CenturySocial ScienceBlack Studies (Global)

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