Black Girl You Are Atlas By Renée Watson Material:Soft Cover It isn't long before Uma

It isn't long before Uma realises what she must do to pick up the tattered threads of her life

"Ten little boys went out to dine

”—ROBIN WALL KIMMERER

As she adapts to her new home

Black Girl You Are Atlas By Renée Watson Material:Soft Cover It isn't long before UmaA thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award winning author and poet Rene Watson. In this semi autobiographical collection of poems, Rene Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls