| Description |
379 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
[The Davenports] ; [1]
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| Audience |
Ages 12+ Dial Books for Young Readers. |
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Grades 7-9. Dial Books for Young Readers. |
| Summary |
The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to. |
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"The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago. Now it's 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love--even where they're not supposed to. There is Olivia, the beautiful elder Davenport daughter, ready to do her duty by getting married... until she meets the charismatic civil rights leader Washington DeWight and sparks fly. The younger daughter, Helen, is more interested in fixing cars than falling in love--unless it's with her sister's suitor. Amy-Rose, the childhood friend turned maid to the Davenport sisters, dreams of opening her own business--and marrying the one man she could never be with, Olivia and Helen's brother, John. But Olivia's best friend, Ruby, also has her sights set on John Davenport, though she can't seem to keep his interest... until family pressure has her scheming to win his heart, just as someone else wins hers"-- Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
African American families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Upper class -- Juvenile fiction.
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Young women -- Juvenile fiction.
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Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Love -- Juvenile fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.
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Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Love -- Fiction.
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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| Genre/Form |
Young adult fiction.
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Domestic fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726589
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Historical fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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Novels.
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| ISBN |
9780593463338 (hardcover) |
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0593463331 (hardcover) |
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9780593463345 (trade paperback) |
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059346334X (trade paperback) |
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