- SKU: 9781542740777
- BARCODE: 9781542740777
- VENDOR: BooksCloud
The Children of My Knee - Paperback
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Description
by Patrice Gaines (Editor), Yvonne Shinhoster-Lamb (Editor), Parry Yousefzadeh (Illustrator)
Forced into adulthood at nine years old, a young boy in Jim Crow Alabama fights to hold onto his dignity, his dreams, and his sense of self in a world determined to crush him.
The Children of My Knee is the unforgettable true story of Len, a Black child raised amid the poverty, violence, and racial terror of the Deep South. In fields worked like prison yards, in a home shaken by his father's rage, and in classrooms hostile to integration, Len learns early that survival requires vigilance, courage, and a refusal to disappear.
Yet even in the harshest places, small but vital sources of hope emerge: neighbors who protect him, teachers who see his brilliance, and the first stirrings of a writer's voice that will one day carry him far beyond the cotton rows of Alabama.
As Len grows, he confronts the complex legacy of faith, identity, and generational trauma-discovering that resilience is not merely endured, but shaped, chosen, and earned.
Raw, deeply human, and ultimately redemptive, The Children of My Knee is a memoir about the power of endurance, the cost of silence, and the long journey toward self-worth and belonging.
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