

But New York City is not exactly what Amara thought it would be. Maybe this will help her understand her family-and herself-in new way. She can't wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to stay in the brownstone where her father grew up.


All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father's family in New York City-Harlem, to be exact. About the Book Amara visits her father's family in Harlem for her twelfth birthday, hoping to better understand her family and herself, but New York City is not what she expected.įrom Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Renée Watson comes a heartwarming and inspiring novel for middle schoolers about finding deep roots and exploring the past, the present, and the places that make us who we are.
