Tar Beach
CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER - CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK - A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK
Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations.
Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on "tar beach," the rooftop of her family's Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own.
As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. "All you need is somewhere to go you can't get to any other way. The next thing you know, you're flying among the stars."
Prizes: Winner of Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice 1991 and Caldecott Honor Book 1992 and Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 1992 and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book 1991 and Horn Book Fanfare 1991 and Library of Congress Children's Books of the Year 1991 and National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) 1992 and New York Times Best Illustrated Book 1991 and New York Times Notable Book 1991 and Reading Rainbow Feature Books 1991 and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 1991.