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Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People was named a Walter Award Honor Book in the Teen category for 2022. Congrats to the Teen category winner, The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, and fellow honoree Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. In the Children’s category, the award… Read more »

Kekla loves visiting schools and libraries, attending conferences, making presentations, and meeting readers of all ages. She offers a range of programs from keynote speeches to school visits to writing workshops for children, teens, and adults. Please visit her author site for more information and/or to invite Kekla to visit your community. (Due to the pandemic,… Read more »

Revolution in Our Time is in bookstores today! We’re finally celebrating the launch, in spite of slight supply chain delay!

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People has been named a National Book Award Finalist in the category of Young People’s Literature, along with: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor Me (Moth) by Amber McBride Too Bright to… Read more »

Hooray! It’s finally here! Cover reveal day! The exciting and dynamic jacket art for Revolution in Our Time was revealed today on the We Need Diverse Books blog. (Now you can see it here too.) This means that pre-order links are now active! If you want a signed copy of the book, pre-order through my… Read more »

For hundreds of years, Black people on the North American continent were enslaved–held captive and forced to work for no wages. The profits of these centuries of labor went to white landowners and white business owners who forced the Black people to wor k farmland, build homes, construct cities, and serve them as housekeepers, cooks,… Read more »