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The Haitian Readathon ends tomorrow. Today I am featuring One of the Good Ones written by the powerhouse sister team of Mika and Maritza Moulite. This beautiful book released January 5th. Check out the synopsis below. QOTD: What writing duo do you recommend? 🇭🇹🇭🇹SYNOPSIS🇭🇹🇭🇹 The Hate U Give meets Get Out in this honest and powerful exploration of prejudice in the stunning novel from sister-writer duo Maika and Maritza Moulite, authors of Dear Haiti, Love Alaine. ISN'T BEING HUMAN ENOUGH? When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered. Perfect. Angelic. One of the good ones. Even as the phrase rings wrong in her mind—why are only certain people deemed worthy to be missed?—Happi and her sister Genny embark on a journey to honor Kezi in their own way, using an heirloom copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book as their guide. But there's a twist to Kezi's story that no one could've ever expected—one that will change everything all over again. #TheHaitianReadathon #Haitianbook #readcarribbean #ownvoices #books #BlackYAstories #BookFeature #BlackLivesMatter #MaikaMoulite #OneoftheGoodOnes #InkyardPress #MaritzaMoulite #Bookstagram #Bookphotos #Bibliophile #YABooks #elevatemelanatedvoices #Reading #weneeddiversebooks #Ilovebooks #booksarelife #readingiscool #bookworm #booknerd #readBlack #diversespines #hardcoverbooks #sisterhood #YAfan #YAreader (at Bushwick) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKC5JXEAQzy/?igshid=mdb058zaqj9g

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"-where Joy Road meets American Street. Joy and American. A crossroads. Intersecting. One is not the other." American Street by Ibi Zoboi was pure gold from the first page until the last. You are immediately sucked in to the story and introduced to rich, characters that you want to know more about. Zoboi gives a glimpse as to what it is like to be a young, girl from Haiti coming to America for the first time through Fabiola, the main protagonist. She is quickly thrust into a world she doesn't know, trying to fit in and make sense of what she sees around her. Fabiola has to reconcile what her preconceived notions of the American Dream. She navigates her new world by holding on to her Haitian traditions and using her spirituality practices to help cope with the confusion. There was so much to love about this book. Zoboi gives us layered characters, rich Haitian culture, masterful storytelling sprinkled with magic and social commentary that will leave you thinking long after you close the book. Zoboi introduced me to my first book bae in Kasim. What will stay with me the most are the questions that this story brings up. ¤ What is the American dream and who is it afforded to? ¤ How do you make a life when you are torn between worlds? ¤ Does being an American automatically mean you will be happy? ¤ Why do immigrants from black & brown countries get treated as criminals? ¤ Does becoming American mean that you forget home? ¤ When does the world become safe for women & young girls? ¤ How do you overcome the violence & anti-blackness of the American dream? ¤ Does poverty automatically equate with violence & crime? ¤ How do you overcome personal trauma & grief in a country that exerts violence on & blocks opportunities for Black people? This story was compelling, insightful, and heartbreaking but it leaves room for hope. Fabiola and Kasim's love story warmed my heart but it also made me think about stolen dreams which was the main theme of the book. Bookdragon rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #readCaribbean #blacklivesmatter #thehaitianreadathon #ibizoboi #americanstreet #Haitianauthor #bookstagram #bookrecs #puma #bookreviews #ownvoices #BlackYAlit #Blackstories (at Bushwick) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ19BNJgvsj/?igshid=1luwcrfp0z1wr

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Happy Haitian Independence Day! 🇭🇹 QOTD: What Haitian authored books are your favorites? Per the Haitian Embassy: January 1, 1804, Haiti made history by being the first black republic in the world and the first country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery. The first two days of the calendar year is dedicated to commemorate the Independence Day and celebrate Ancestors' Day. 🇭🇹🇭🇹FEATURED:🇭🇹🇭🇹 * Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe * American Street by Ibi Zoboi * The Dewbreaker by Edwidge Danticat Here is a stack of books I plan to read this month to celebrate. Please visit @the_haitian_readathon for more book recs and to participate from today until January 15th. #thehaitianreadathon #haitianbooks #haitianindependenceday #haiti #haitianauthors #readcarribbean #thedewbreaker #edwidgedanticat #americanstreet #ibizoboi #books #charmingasaverb #benphilippe #bookstagram #bookdragon #ownvoices #bookstack #bookrecs #bipocbookstagram #bibliophile #hallwaypics #bookphotos #readathon #caribbeanreads #haitianbookrecs #bookchallenge (at Bushwick) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJhbAxNAqrQ/?igshid=1l9ubm34v7kef