A review by artfromafriend
Black, White, Other: In Search of Nina Armstrong by Joan Steinau Lester
2.0
An earnest story about a biracial teenage girl who struggles with her parent's divorce and her identity.
- A heartfelt and earnest narrative on what it is like to be biracial - explores identity, history, perceptions of the media.
- About a girl who is trying to make sense of who she is - as she quickly learns, more often than not, we learn about race because of how people treat and talk to us.
- Offers an insightful and important narrative about the protagonist's grandmother, Sarah, who was a slave before traveling the Underground Railroad.
- However, momentum of the story stumbles in some instances, and something is missing. I can't quite put my finger on it - yet.
- A heartfelt and earnest narrative on what it is like to be biracial - explores identity, history, perceptions of the media.
- About a girl who is trying to make sense of who she is - as she quickly learns, more often than not, we learn about race because of how people treat and talk to us.
- Offers an insightful and important narrative about the protagonist's grandmother, Sarah, who was a slave before traveling the Underground Railroad.
- However, momentum of the story stumbles in some instances, and something is missing. I can't quite put my finger on it - yet.