This triumphant picture book celebrates Black joy by reclaiming a charged phrase and showing readers how resistance can be part of their everyday lives.
A young Black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun, reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf, and raises her hands up in praise at a church service. She stretches her hands up high like a plane's wings and whizzes down a hill so fast on her bike with her hands way up. As she grows, she lives through everyday moments of joy, love, and sadness. And when she gets a little older, she joins together with her family and her community in a protest march, where they lift their hands up together in resistance and strength.
| ISBN: | 9780593326640 |
| Publication date: | 5th January 2021 |
| Author: | Breanna J McDaniel |
| Illustrator: | Shane W Evans |
| Publisher: | Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 32 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance People / Places Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism |