Tar Beach

The title of Tar Beach comes from a rooftop in the main character’s Harlem neighborhood. Laying on her hot tar roof, Cassie imagines that she flies above the city and claims it as her own. African-American history is seamlessly woven into this optimistic and allegorical tale.

Tar Beach is a Caldecott Honor book and won a Coretta Scott King Book Award in 1992.

Author(s): Faith Ringgold

Lexile: 790

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