A morning with Newbery and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author, Amina Luqman-Dawson.
Kick-off Discover Summer 2023 with DC Public Library and Politics and Prose with a very special family event with Newbery and Coretta Scott King award-winning author, Amina Luqman-Dawson. She will be discussing her 2022 title Freewater, her writing process, the importance of the Juneteenth holiday and her love of telling stories that build an understanding of race, culture and community.
A limited number of free copies will be available courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing from Politics and Prose. This event is a part of Discover Summer 2023, an all-ages city-wide celebration of reading and learning. Sign up for Discover Summer today!
After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world. Recommended for children ages 8-12.
Amina Luqman-Dawson loves using writing to tell stories and to build an understanding of race, culture and community. Her published writing includes op-eds in newspapers, magazine articles, travel writing and book reviews. She’s authored the pictorial history book Images of America: African Americans of Petersburg. She has a BA in Political Science from Vassar College and a Master of Public Policy from UC Berkeley. Her debut novel, Freewater, is a New York Times Bestseller, a John Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winner. Amina, her husband, and 14-year-old son, reside in Arlington, VA.
AGE GROUP: | 5 - 12 Years Old | 13 - 19 Years Old (Teens) |
EVENT TYPE: | Discover Summer | Author Talk |