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Podcast: The Children's Book Podcast
Episode: Jewell Parker Rhodes (2020)
Description: Jewell Parker Rhodes (@jewell_p_rhodes) shares BLACK BROTHER, BLACK BROTHER. In her new middle grade novel, Jewell explores colorism, the school-to-prison pipeline, the history of Alexandre Dumas, and the sport of fencing. Donte and Trey are brothers, but Donte's skin is dark, like his mom's, and most new people have a hard time believing that they're brothers, especially because Trey's skin is light. Donte's school, it's fair to say, labels him as a problem because of the color of his skin. The people in Donte's life all play critical roles in his survival, for help or for harm, and...