Call Me Athena Ages 12 and up but also enabled willful negligence

but also enabled willful negligence and profiteering at the expense of our country’s most vulnerable populations—charging us with the broken system we have today

and through the eyes of other Baltimoreans: Partee

co-written by award-winning writer Lolis Eric Elie

discovers a way to travel into the future

and beloved cultural leaders in the Latinx community

Call Me Athena Ages 12 and up but also enabled willful negligenceThis enchanting novel in verse captures one young womans struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit. Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit is a beautifully written novel in verse loosely based on author Colby Cedar Smiths paternal grandmother. The story follows Mary as the American born daughter of Greek and French immigrants living in Detroit in the 1930s, creating a