The Gilded Ones Cover:Paperback • 2002 Coretta Scott King

• 2002 Coretta Scott King Honor (Illustrator)

mostly African Americans

justice system

in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander (He Said

The Gilded Ones Cover:Paperback • 2002 Coretta Scott KingINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TEEN VOGUE "A dark feminist tale spun with blood and gold. Must read!" Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles Sixteen year old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red