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The Harlem Renaissance

I didn’t like it as well as I liked the other books in this series that I’ve read.  I rather felt it was misnamed.  In the first chapter, setting the scene for the paths the reader will have to choose from, the book describes the Great Migration as the time when so many black families were moving north to escape the unfair treatment in the south, and I think “The Great Migration” would’ve been a more accurate title, as many of the story lines tracked the decisions and experiences folks encountered in getting to Harlem at this time, but many of them ended with their arrival, without really going into much about what happened when they got there.  Also, though I like the interactive nature of these books for drawing student interest, they walk a fine line between non-fiction and historical fiction, and I think this one really falls more into the second category than the first.