A Wish After Midnight
by:
Zetta Elliott (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781441474247 (1441474242)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 244
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Teen,
Travel,
Science Fiction,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
African American,
Speculative Fiction,
Time Travel
This is a hard book to read. It deals very intimately with racism and the different forms it takes, small and big, both in the present day and in 1863. The contrast between the two times was well done, showing how much things had changed or not changed, in some cases. The first 80 or so pages are ...
a retelling of Kindred, which I love
This story has an interesting premise. Okay. I have to admit time travel of any sort is an interesting premise in my world. Like Octavia Butler's Kindred, this novel has its protagonists of distant African heritage traveling back in time to Civil-War-period New York. However, I was very put off by t...
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