In this second epic novel of bestselling The Door of No Return trilogy, we meet Charlie, Kofi's granddaughter, who is living in the Jim Crow South.
In this second riveting novel of the bestselling The Door of No Return trilogy, set 60 years later, twelve-year-old Charlie lives with her family including her grandfather Kofi in a small, segregated town in Virginia. She has a happy childhood, which includes Sunday church picnics, baseball games with her best friend Willie Green, and listening to her grandfather tell her stories of Africa. But it is suddenly torn apart when a racist incident escalates.
Creators
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including Rebound, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, The Crossover, winner of the Newbery Medal, and The Undefeated, winner of the Caldecott Medal. Kwame is also the recipient of several other awards, including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and the Coretta Scott King Author Honour. He is the writer and executive producer of The Crossover TV series, which won a Daytime Emmy Award, and is co-founder of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy programme.
