We Are the Scribes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250820310)

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: Randi Pink
ISBN-10: 1250820316
ISBN-13: 9781250820310
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2022
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.75w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/05/2022
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2022
School Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 93