If You Knew My Name
A Novel in Verse
$59.41
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2025
Summary
2024 Silver INDIES Winner for Young Adult Fiction
A novel-in-rap-verse telling the story of 17-year-old Mason Tyndall— an aspiring rap artist whose mother is a BLM activist. She saw fatal officer-involved shootings as senseless tragedies. He viewed them as trending hashtags — that is, until he almost became one.
Mason Zy’Aire Tyndall has big dreams. Dreams of sick beats, epic mic-drops, sold out stadiums. Mason’s going to be a rap star—and you don’t become a r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781771683609 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1771683600 |
| Author: | Lisa Roberts Carter |
| Publisher: | Central Avenue Publishing |
| Imprint: | Central Avenue Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist! “The novel is beautifully written in verse, including raps with strong rhythms and tight, cohesive rhymes. An additional demonstration of Carter’s expertise is that the poems written and presented by the students are in different forms, each distinctly unique to the student. This is a brilliantly accessible and widely appealing novel.” — Booklist (starred review) “Carter’s debut teems with vulnerability and shows a deep reverence for hip-hop … diverse supporting characters provide healthy tension.” — Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Lisa Roberts Carter
Growing up in the rural South during desegregation, Lisa Roberts Carter is no stranger to racism — she recalls her mother and older sister having “the talk” with her on her very first day of school. Among the many reminders that racism was deeply embedded within her Southern culture, she experienced the residual effects of the Jim Crow South throughout her life. So, a frustrated Lisa decided to pen those thoughts, feelings, and experiences by writing historical and contemporary fiction that address racism and racial inequality. Lisa is a certified life and career coach and inspirational speaker with a Doctorate of Education and If You Knew My Name is her debut novel.
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