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The reckoning

Twelve-year-old Lamar dreams of becoming a filmmaker, but when his grandfather is killed in a racist act of violence, Lamar becomes determined to honor his legacy by documenting the fight for justice.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hudson, Wade (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, 2024.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Race relations > Juvenile fiction. Documentary films > Juvenile fiction. Video recordings > Production and direction > Juvenile fiction. Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Twelve-year-old Lamar dreams of becoming a filmmaker, but when his grandfather is killed in a racist act of violence, Lamar becomes determined to honor his legacy by documenting the fight for justice.
Physical Description:	243 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:	Ages 8-12. Grades 4-6.
ISBN:	9780593647776 0593647777 9780593647806 0593647807 9780593647783 0593647785
Author Notes:	Wade Hudson is an author, a publisher, and the president and CEO of Just Us Books, Inc., an independent publisher of books for children and young adults. He has published over thirty books, including the anthologies We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, which received four starred reviews; The Talk, which earned four starred reviews and was a New York Times Best Book of the Year; and Recognize: Black Lives Matter. These powerful collections were co-edited with his wife, Cheryl Willis Hudson. He also authored the middle grade memoir Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South, winner of the Malka Penn award. Wade lives in East Orange, New Jersey, with his wife.