Bibliograph

Last days in Africville, Dorothy Perkyns

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Label

Last days in Africville, Dorothy Perkyns

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Last days in Africville

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Dorothy Perkyns

Summary

On the shores of Bedford Basin in Halifax, 12-year-old Selina Palmer is growing up in the community of Africville in the 1960s. Struggling with what it means to be the only black student in her Grade 6 class, Selina takes comfort in the fact that every day she goes home to a loving and vibrant neighbourhood, where friends and family accept her as she is. But ugly rumours are starting to surface about the fate of Africville..

Target audience

juvenile

Classification