From NYT bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes, another poignant and gripping story about how children and families face the complexities of race and racism in today's world. With the help of a former Olympic fencer, Donte embarks on a journey to carve out a spot on the school's fencing team and to find a way to make people at school see past the colour of his skin to who he really is. A powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers one who presents as white, the other as Black and the ways they are forced to navigate a world that doesn. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don’t look like him. When an incident with a white student leads to Donte's arrest and suspension, he's sure the only way to get even is to beat the student at the school's most valued game: fencing. Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. 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 his school, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. A powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers - one who presents as white, the other as Black - and the ways they are forced to navigate a world that doesn't treat them equally.
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