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Ernestine & Amanda, mysteries on Monroe Street

by Sandra Belton · 1998

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Ernestine and Amanda, two African-American twelve-year-olds growing up under segregation in the 1950s, are brought together when the all black dance studio where they take lessons is attacked by vandals.

Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisfriendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 153 pages

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