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BookBrowse First Impression readers gave Nyani Nkrumah's debut novel, Wade in the Water, an impressive rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars.
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Wade in the Water is a thought-provoking story about an unusual friendship between an 11-year-old Black child and a white graduate student who rents a house in a poor Black neighborhood, ostensibly to research the impact of the Civil Rights Movement for her thesis (Susan M). It is 1982, and Ella lives in the small town of Ricksville, Mississippi with her mother and siblings. Although precocious, she's mistreated by her family (including her stepfather who makes an appearance only when he needs money), partly due to her very dark skin, so unlike theirs. When Katherine St. James moves into a nearby home, she's greeted with suspicion. No one can understand why a white woman would willingly dwell among Blacks; she must certainly be ...
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