Ordinary Hazards Short Stories as a black woman

as a black woman

and maybe a pair of sneakers that aren't falling apart

In her family

After witnessing a woman drop to her knees in prayer before the portrait of Barack Obama

Sofia is down but not out

Ordinary Hazards Short Stories as a black womanA Michael L. Printz Honor Book A Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book Six Starred ReviewsBooklist BCCB The Horn Book Publishers Weekly School Library Connection Shelf Awareness A Booklist Best Book for Youth * A BCCB Blue Ribbon * A Horn Book Fanfare Book * A Shelf Awareness Best Childrens Book * Recommended on NPRs Morning Edition by Kwame Alexander This powerful story, told with the music of poetry and the blade of truth, will help your heart