Angel of Greenwood (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250768476)

A piercing, unforgettable love story set in Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as the "Black Wall Street," and against the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family's financial situation is in turmoil.

Though they've attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can't turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon.

But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the Black community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are.

Author: Randi Pink
ISBN-10: 1250768470
ISBN-13: 9781250768476
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2021
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 01/11/2021
Booklist 01/01/2021 pg. 67
School Library Journal 01/22/2021 pg. 1