I Rise from c1945 to c2000 But now she fights back…

But now she fights back…

'Dickens's magnificent account of the revolution and one of his best (and shortest) novels' Observer

and maybe a chance at love she didn’t plan for

Told in a lively rhyming text

meerkats pop up from their underground burrows and a monkey swing through the trees

I Rise from c1945 to c2000 But now she fights back…A love letter to Harlem and hope. I Rise is smart and funny and full of heart.* Fourteen year old Ayo who has to decide whether to take on her mothers activist role when her mom is shot by police. As she tries to find answers, Ayo looks to the wisdom of her ancestors and her Harlem community for guidance. Ayo's mother founded the biggest civil rights movement to hit New York City in decades. Its called See Us and it tackles police brutality and racial