Aisha, a young black girl, has lost her parents to a car crash. She moves in with her grandmother, but the old woman is dying. The grandmother summons a spirit that has protected their family and asks it to watch over Aisha. At first, it seems as...
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Aisha, a young black girl, has lost her parents to a car crash. She moves in with her grandmother, but the old woman is dying. The grandmother summons a spirit that has protected their family and asks it to watch over Aisha. At first, it seems as though the spirit, the Keeper, is doing what the grandmother asked. But soon it begins stealing life from others, becoming an uncontrollable monster
Includes bibliographic references (pages 153-160) and index
Cover -- Light and Legacies -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue: The Gift -- Introduction: Remember: Requiem for Black Girls -- Chapter 1 Imagine: Black Girlhood from Play to Possibility -- Chapter 2 Dream: Poetics and Possibilities in Black Girlhood Aesthetics -- Chapter 3 Move: Girlhood and Social Protest -- Interlude -- Chapter 4 Create: On Radical Creativity as a Movement -- Chapter 5 Build: From Black Girl Magic to Afrofutures -- Epilogue: Reading Play as Resistance -- Appendix: A Blackgirl Booklist -- Bibliography -- Index
