Dig(1st Edition)

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A S King

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ISBN: 1101994932, 978-1101994931

Book publisher: Penguin Books

Book Price $0 : Winner Of The Michael L. Printz Medalâ??â??Kingâ??s Narrative Concerns Are Racism, Patriarchy, Colonialism, White Privilege, And The Ingrained Systems That Perpetuate Them. . . . [Dig] Will Speak Profoundly To A Generation Of Young People Who Are Waking Up To The Societal Sins Of The Past And Working Toward A More Equitable Future.â?â??Horn Book, Starred Reviewâ??Iâ??ve Never Understood White People Who Canâ??t Admit Theyâ??re White. I Mean, White Isnâ??t Just A Color. And Maybe Thatâ??s The Problem For Them. White Is A Passport. Itâ??s A Ticket.â? Five Estranged Cousins Are Lost In A Maze Of Their Familyâ??s Tangled Secrets. Their Grandparents, Former Potato Farmers Gottfried And Marla Hemmings, Managed To Trade Digging Spuds For Developing Subdivisions And Now They Sit Atop A Million-dollar Bank Accountâ??wealth Theyâ??ve Refused To Pass On To Their Adult Children Or Their Five Teenage Grandchildren. â??Because We Want Them To Thrive,â? Marla Always Says. But For The Hemmings Cousins, â??thrivingâ? Feels A Lot Like Slowly Dying Of A Poison They Started Taking The Moment They Were Born. As The Rot Beneath The Surface Of The Hemmingsâ?? White Suburban Respectability Destroys The Family From Within, The Cousins Find Their Ways Back To One Another, Just In Time To Uncover The Terrible Cost Of Maintaining The Family Name. With Her Inimitable Surrealism, Award Winner A.S. King Exposes How A Toxic Culture Of Polite White Supremacy Tears A Family Apart And How One Determined Generation Can Dig Its Way Out.