Eli and the Uncles Cover:Hardcover and save their beloved town

and save their beloved town from bandits

and he realized that raising his child to be antiracist would actually protect his child

The closer Elena and “Max” get—texting

She takes apart the spurious notion of intelligence as an inherited trait

Coretta Scott King Award (Author)

Eli and the Uncles Cover:Hardcover and save their beloved townSay hello and good night to Uncle Hanif, Uncle Rashin, Uncle Nooru . . . and five more uncles, along with their spectacular beards! Young Eli gets to spend a whole day with his eight adoring uncleseach one bigger and taller than the last, and each with an outsized personality to match, from Aman the dancer to Riz the joke teller. Even better, every one of the uncles sports his own unique set of whiskers! Short or long, curly or straight, bristly or