![]() ![]() In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themeslove and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. With the help of a former Olympic fencer, Donte embarks on a journey to carve out a spot-on Middlefield Prep’s fencing team and maybe learn something about himself along the way. When an incident with “King” Alan leads to Donte’s arrest and suspension, he knows the only way to get even is to beat the king of the school at his own game: fencing. ![]() Dubbed the “Black Brother,” Donte’s teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter skinned brother, Trey. Most of the students don’t look like him. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. She faces Billy in a class election, raises money for the Liberty Loan, and steps up to help her family when the pandemic strikes home.įrom award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black, and the complex ways in which they are forced to navigate the world, all while training for a fencing competition.ĭonte wishes he were invisible. As the hazy days of September 1918 drift into the deadly autumn of Spanish influenza, Josie’s everyday problems of school and friends, even the war effort at home, become insignificant when her mother comes down with the flu. He calls her Pharmacy Girl, but it is no compliment. And a war to win.Įveryone likes Josie, except the spoiled and arrogant Billy Detwiler. All because of a deadly germ carried on a puff of air. One in four Americans stricken, and an estimated 675,000 Americans dead. Schools, restaurants, and even churches closed. Pharmacy Girl: The Great War, Spanish Influenza, and the Truth about Billy Detwilerīefore COVID there was Spanish influenza.
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