Tar Beach
A Place to Get Away from It AllTar Beach. Is that in Florida? South Carolina? Mexico, or maybe the Caribbean?Nope. Quick geography lesson: Tar Beach isn't anywhere near the open ocean. It's a rooft...
The Quilt
Keeping Stories WarmFaith Ringgold did a lot of sewing to bring this story to life—and we're not talking metaphorically. The quilted squares that border the pages represent an actual quilt—a wo...
Flight
Free as a BirdFreedom. It's a good George Michael song, and it also happens to be super important in this book. See, in literature, especially African-American literature, flight usually symbolizes...