Good Dirt: A Novel Children's Beginner Readers After the murder of an

After the murder of an unarmed Black teenager by the hands of the police

Officer Nora Martin is new to the Bellair Police Department and is trying very hard to learn the ropes from Detective Murphy while ignoring all her male colleagues griping about a diversity hire

she’s also preparing for an upcoming hip replacement—the latest reminder of the lupus she’s managed since her twenties

the United States could not have won the war

Good Dirt: A Novel Children's Beginner Readers After the murder of anThe daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick When ten year old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, Baz, lying on the floor surrounded by the shattered pieces of a centuries old jar, life as Ebby knew it shattered as well. The