Stronger Than Format:Hardcover and never let it go

and never let it go

then on to radio and vinyl

Squeeze the past like a sponge

this is a work of activism in motion and an unflinching story of America at the turn of the 21st century

Stronger Than Format:Hardcover and never let it goRenowned author Nikki Grimes and debut picture book writer Stacy Wells (Choctaw) lend their resonant voices to award winning artist E. B. Lewiss (Lenni Lenape) rich watercolors in this story of a Black Choctaw boy who finds strength in the example and history of his ancestors. When Dante struggles with nightmares, his mother believes learning his familys history will help him cope. The roots on both sides of his family tree run deep, with stories of