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Gr 7—Set in 1963, this historical fiction novel follows 13-year-old Black girl Zenobia and her family as her grandparents' house and neighborhood are bulldozed to make way for I-94 highway in St. Paul. Sent to spend the summer with her grandparents while her mother recovers from a stroke, Zenobia grapples with the changing neighborhood as friends are evicted and her own grandparents struggle to find a new house. While this book covers an important piece of American history that is often overlooked, it reads more like...Log In or Sign Up to Read More