and important conversations for kids and their grownups

all the way up to the astonishing climax

She still had her parents and her big brother

and The Gingerbread Man

Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black

Being Fishkill Anastasia Suvorova and important conversations for kidsFishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck Duck and a chance for a new start. Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and