Mirror girls
As babies, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were separated after their parents, a mixed race couple, were lynched. Now, at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, Charlie lives in Harlem with her grandmother while white-passing Magnolia is in rural Georgia and knows nothing of h...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little Brown and Company,
2023.
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| Edition: | First trade paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | As babies, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were separated after their parents, a mixed race couple, were lynched. Now, at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, Charlie lives in Harlem with her grandmother while white-passing Magnolia is in rural Georgia and knows nothing of her racial heritage. When she learns the truth, her reflection disappears from mirrors--the sign of a curse. Meanwhile, the girls' grandmother becomes ill and her last wish is to be buried back home in Georgia. Thus, Charlie and Magnolia finally meet as teenagers in a haunted town and find they must work together to break the curse. |
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| Item Description: | Includes excerpt of the author's "Your plantation prom is not okay." Includes discussion questions. The first "r" in the word "mirror" is printed backwards in the title. |
| Physical Description: | 311 pages : illustration ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0759553866 9780759553866 |
| Author Notes: | Kelly McWilliams is the Golden Kite Award-nominated author of Agnes at the End of the World, Mirror Girls, and Your Plantation Prom is Not Okay . She's also written for outlets such as Time and Publisher's Weekly . Mirror Girls was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and Target Book Club Pick. She lives in Seattle with her family. |
