Party

A Mystery

Author  Jamaica Kincaid Illustrated by  Ricardo Cortés
Party

A beautifully illustrated story of three girls caught up in the most curious of mysteries.

Party has layers. It functions as a subtle message about what it means to witness horror to such a degree that we lose our language for it; it is a quiet story about coming of age, suddenly, as a young black girl because of what the world shows us. It is about the many words our silence can hold, the way our absences can ring as loudly and discordantly as the words we do feel able to say.” —Literary Hub

Three girls—Pam, Bess, and Sue—attend a party to celebrate the publication of the first of the Nancy Drew mystery books. There are many distractions at the fancy affair:…

$23.95
June 11, 2019
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