Leaving Atlanta

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It's the end of summer in Atlanta, and fifth-grade classmates Tasha Baxter, Rodney Green, and Octavia Harrison will discover that back-to-school means facing everyday challenges in a new world of safety lessons, terrified parents, and constant fear. Because it was the summer during which Atlanta's African-American children were vanishing.

The moving story of their struggle to grow up and survive shimmers with the piercing, ineffable quality of childhood, as it captures all the hurts and little wins, the all-too-sudden changes, and the merciless, outside forces that can sweep the young into adulthood and forever shape their lives.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781538742105
Published: April 2023

Number of pages: 272
Width: 132 mm
Height: 202 mm
Depth: 22 mm

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company