Why a Booktrail?
2000s: A story of a group of young women of colour growing up in Queens.
Brown Girls
What you need to know before your trail
Brown Girls dives deep into the lives of a group of young women of colour growing up in Queens, New York. Here, streets echo with many languages, subways rumble above dollar stores and the briny scent of the ocean wafts in from Rockaway Beach. Here, girls like Nadira, Gabby, Naz, Trish, Angelique, and many others, struggle to reconcile their immigrant backgrounds with the American culture they come of age in. Here, they become friends for life. Or so they vow.
Locations
Reset- America/ USA - New York, New York City
- A: Rockaway beach
- B: Central road
- C: Webster Library
- D: New York Public Library
- E: Central Ave
Travel Guide
Queens
Queens is New York City’s most vibrant and eclectic borough. Here, streets echo with languages from all over the globe, subways rumble above dollar stores, trees bloom and topple across sidewalks, and the briny scent of the ocean wafts from Rockaway Beach.
“We live in the dregs of Queens, New York, where airplanes fly so low that we are certain they will crush us…”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Brown Girls
Destination/Location: Queens, New York City Author: Daphne Palasi Andreades Departure: 200os
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