Dawn Turner
Author
Language
English
Description
"The three girls formed an indelible bond: roaming their community in search of hidden treasures for their "Thing Finder box," and hiding under the dining room table, eavesdropping as three generations of relatives gossiped and played the numbers. The girls spent countless afternoons together, ice skating in the nearby Lake Meadows apartment complex, swimming in the pool at the Ida B. Wells housing project, and daydreaming of their futures: Dawn a...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
"In 1975 Tempestt Saville and her family are chosen by lottery to "move on up" to Lakeland: one square mile of rich, black soil carved out of a Chicago ghetto, cradling sparkling apartment towers and emerald lawns, where the elite of black professionals live in privilege... But what is shut out of those gates is another matter entirely: 35th street, where the lure of loud music, housing projects, and row upon row of battered brownstones and dilapidated...