Book
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
Being Clem
Call Number
- J CLIN (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Holiday House, [2021]
Physical Description
248 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience
Grades 4-6. Holiday House.
Summary
1944. Clem's father is away, serving as a sailor in World War II. When the family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago explosion in San Francisco, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. The obstacles put in place by racial injustice seem insurmountable. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home-- and himself. Can he live up to his father's legacy?
Subjects
- Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 > Juvenile fiction.
- Families > Illinois > Chicago > Juvenile fiction.
- Racism > Juvenile fiction.
- Fathers > Death > Juvenile fiction.
- African American boys > Juvenile fiction.
- Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 > Fiction.
- Family life > Illinois > Chicago > Fiction.
- African Americans > Fiction.
- African American boys > Fiction.
- Single-parent families > Fiction.