Description
A young adult novel by Randi Pink about a teenage activist who is visited by the ghost of Harriet Jacobs an enslaved woman
Ruth Fitz is surrounded by activism Her mother is a senator who frequently appears on CNN as a powerful Black voice fighting for legislative social change within the Black community Her father a professor of African American history is a walking encyclopedia spouting off random dates and events And her beloved older sister Virginia is a natural activist steadily gaining notoriety within the community and on social media Ruth on the other hand would rather sit quietly reading or writing in her journal
When her family is rocked by tragedy Ruth stops writing As life goes on Ruths mother is presented with a political opportunity she cant refuse Just as Senator Fitz is more absent Ruth begins receiving parchment letters with a seal reading WE ARE THE SCRIBES sent by Harriet Jacobs the author of the autobiography and 1861 American classic Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Is Ruth dreaming How has she been chosen as a scribe when she can barely put a sentence together In a narrative that blends present with past Randi Pink explores two extraordinary characters who channel their hopelessness and find their voices to make history
A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel amp Friends
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