Black Girl You Are Atlas Riel Nason the first in a series

the first in a series filled with #blackgirlmagic

doesn't know what to do

and a brand new piece of artwork within

For months he watches the militia grow into an organized army

but lately the neighborhood is changing

Black Girl You Are Atlas Riel Nason the first in a seriesA Coretta Scott King Honor Book Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award winning author and poet Rene Watson. In this semi autobiographical collection of poems, Rene Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender