num_pages: 208
description: Newbery Honor author Rene Watson explores a familys relationships and Harlemits history culture arts and people.All Amara wants is to visit her father's family in Harlem. Her wish comes true when her dad decides to bring her along on a business trip. She can't wait to finally meet her extended family and stay in the brownstone where her dad grew up. Plus she wants to visit every landmark from the Apollo to Langston Hughes's home.But her family and even the city is not quite what Amara thought. Her dad doesnt speak to her grandpa and the crowded streets can be suffocating as well as inspiring. But as she learns more and more about Harlemand her fathers historyAmara realizes how in some ways more than others she can connect with this other home and family.This is a powerful story about family the places that make us who we are and how we find ways to connect to our history across time and distance.
language: English
title: Some Places More Than Others
publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books