Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Prize • Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History

Suddenly the money they’d been stacking with their friends is a resource that the family needs to stay afloat

out-of-place kid into a self-assured

impressive skills

professors

Tangleroot College & University Student Life Longlisted for the National BookThe acclaimed INDIES INTRODUCE and INDIE NEXT debut YA novel about blood and family that is both history and mystery, perfect for fans of Angeline Boulley and Jesmyn Ward. "A gripping and heartbreaking debut." Kirkus Reviews, starred review Noni Reid has grown up in the shadow of her mother, Dr. Radiance Castine, renowned scholar of Black literature, who is alarmingly perfect at just about everything. When Dr. Castine takes a job as the president of