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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) Entry - this eBook is a sample of the first 3,000-5,000 words- it is not the full book. The ABNA contest is operated on Amazon.com only. Visit this entry on Amazon.com to leave customer feedback. To vote forMore Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) Entry - this eBook is a sample of the first 3,000-5,000 words- it is not the full book. The ABNA contest is operated on Amazon.com only. Visit this entry on Amazon.com to leave customer feedback. To vote for the Grand Prize winner starting July 8, visit www.amazon.com/ABNA.Noni Reid is seventeen, pampered, and petulant—and not at all happy with her recent move from an upscale Boston suburb to a tiny, rural, Southern town. Her mom, who hails from Magnolia, Virginia, is a renowned scholar of African American literature and a local success story. An underachieving C student, Noni is her mother’s most stunning failure. And unlike her mother, Noni feels no connection to their new house, which was built by her enslaved great-great-great grandfather. But on the property’s cemetery, she finds the grave of Sophie Dearborn, a member of the wealthy slave-owning family who once lived there. Sophie was just a teenager when she died in 1859. She was also unmarried—and the mother of an infant son. Noni is intrigued. She can relate to this unknown, forgotten girl who must have profoundly disappointed her parents. But will any of this unearthed history bring her closer to her own heritage? And will it close the ever-widening rift between Noni and her mother? The Woodbine Daughters - 2014 ABNA Entry by Kalela Williams
