The Black Kids

with Christina Hammonds Reed

Presented by The Republic Of Childhood and Ottawa Reads YA/Ottawa Bouquine

Live Online Streaming Fiction Youth
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Monday
Nov , 2020
23
7:30pm
Eastern
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The Black Kids
Christina Hammonds Reed ยท Photo by Elizabeth T. Nguyen

Should be required reading in every classroom.

Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin
Join us as Christina Hammonds Reed discusses her first novel, The Black Kids. Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.
 
Suitable for young writers aged 13+, this event is presented by the Ottawa International Writers Festival's The Republic Of Childhood and Ottawa Public Library's Ottawa Reads YA/Ottawa Bouquine.
 
 
 
          
 
 

The Authors

Christina Hammonds Reed

Christina Hammonds Reed

Christina Hammonds Reed holds an MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. A native of the Los Angeles area, her work has previously appeared in the Santa Monica Review and One Teen Story. The Black Kids is her first novel.

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