When You Look Like Us
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A 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work nominee and a 2022 Edgar Award nominee, this timely, gripping teen novel is about a boy who must take up the search for his sister when she goes missing from a neighborhood where Black girlsâ disappearances are too often overlooked, from debut author Pamela Harris. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Tiffany D. Jackson.
When you look like usâbrown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fadesâeveryone else thinks youâre trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing Black girl from public housing because she mustâve brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriendâa drug dealerâand his friends. But sheâs been gone too long. Nic, where are you?
If I hadnât hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma.
If I was a better brother, sheâd be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list.
Itâs time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department wonât.
Bring her home.
Also a 2022 ALA Notable Book for a Global Society Award winner!
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Pamela N. Harris was born and somewhat raised in Newport News, Virginiaâalso affectionately known as âBad News.â A former school counselor by day, she received her BA in English and a masterâs in school counseling at Old Dominion University, her MFA in creative writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a PhD in counselor education and supervision at William and Mary. When she isnât writing, Pam is rewatching Leonardo DiCaprio movies, playing with her two kiddos, and pretending to enjoy exercising. She is the author of When You Look Like Us, an Odyssey Award winner, SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner, NAACP Image Award nominee, and Edgar Award nominee, as well as This Town Is on Fire, an SCBWI Golden Kite Honor book. She lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. Visit her online at pamharriswrites.com.
