Reality reads��five books that matter - What's Going On!

Love to read? These great stories have young Black heroines who are simply unforgettable.

Jubilee by Margaret Walker (Houghton Mifflin) Walker turned the story of her own great-grandmother--who built an enduring legacy out of nothing--into an epic novel.

Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall (Feminist Press) A coming-of-age story of the determined daughter of Caribbean immigrants.

Soldier: A Poet's Childhood by June Jordan (Basic Books) Jordan's beloved father was abusive and her shadowy mother was depressed, but this master poet, who died earlier this year at age 65, lived to love, write about and champion oppressed people.

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (Perennial Classics) In this novel, free-spirited heroine Janie strives to express her true self despite the low expectations for a poor Black woman,

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Penguin USA) The Nobel laureate's powerful tale of young Pecola Breedlove shows us poetry in the spirit of an abused Black girl.

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