📖 The Only Black Girls in Town

Twelve-year-old Alberta is used to being the only black girl in her California town. But one day learns that the new owners of the bed and breakfast by her are black and they have a daughter the same age as her. She wants to become friends with Edie, but while she loves her California life, Edie is missing the streets of Brooklyn. When the two find old journals in Edie's attic, they go on a journey to find out who they belonged to and find out some deep secrets of the past. "The only black girl in town" is an adventurous story speaking on behalf of 2 black girls in a community so shallow of their own race in the United States. The story is truly able to capture the bonding between Alberta and Edie. living in California which is so diverse it really shows what it must have felt like to be the black sheep. With that the power that is held by Alberta and Edie adventures together.

12 岁的艾伯塔习惯于成为她所在的加利福尼亚小镇上唯一的黑人女孩。但有一天,她的床和早餐的来了新主人,是黑人。而且他们有一个和她同龄的女儿。她想和 Edie 成为朋友,但在她热爱加州生活的同时,Edie 却想念布鲁克林的街道。当两人在 Edie 的阁楼里找到旧日记时,她们联手找出她们身后的历史。很快,他们发现了过去令人震惊和痛苦的秘密,并了解到一切都不是表面上看起来的那样。 "镇上唯一的黑人女孩"是一个冒险故事,代表美国社区中的 2 个黑人女孩,她们对自己的种族认知肤浅。这个故事真正能够捕捉到艾伯塔和伊迪之间的联系。生活在如此多样化的加利福尼亚州,它真实地展示了黑人感觉自己是black sheep的感觉。不过也借由此,阿尔伯塔和伊迪拥有无比地力量,一起进行冒险。