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The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award affirms new talent and offers visibility to excellence in writing and/ or illustrations at the beginning of a person's career as a published children's book creator. [Traci Jones]' Standing Against the Wind introduces readers to 13-year-old Patrice as she is uprooted from her comfortable home in Georgia just before her mother goes to jail. In her debut novel, Jones captures Patrice's sense of alienation and strong self-determination. Patrice learns to dodge the cruel bullying of streetwise boys, reach her goals, and succeed "against the wind."
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Committee of the ALAs Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange R...
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