Harriets Daughter
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Book Overview
"Harriet Tubman was brave and strong, and she was black like me. I think it was the first time I thought of wanting to be called Harriet -- I wanted to be Harriet'. Margaret is determined to be someone; to be cool, with style and class and to have a blacker skin. More than anything else she wants to help her best friend, Zulma to escape from Canada and fly back to Tobago to live with her grandmother. She compiles a list: 'Things I want changed in my life' and sets about achieving her objectives. But at fourteen, coming to terms with growing-up, relationships and responsibilities is not quite so straightforward, and the parental threat of 'Good West Indian Discipline' is never far removed. In this charming, humorous and perceptive tale of adolescence, Marlene Nourbese Philip explores the friendship of two young black girls and throws into sharp relief the wider issues of culture and identity so relevant to teenagers of all races and colours.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0889611343
ISBN13:9780889611344
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:Women's Press (CA)
Length:150 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"
Age Range:12 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 7 and higher
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Harriet's Daughter
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
The book deals with racial discrimination and how a young girl copes with it. However, more importantly the book is really about a dysfunctional family into which Harriet does not fit; her father dislikes her and keepts threatening to send her back to Jamaica and as well she has two sisters with whom she cannot associate. (like Cinderella and her stepsisters). The book is a good read for adolescent girls.
dreams and aspirations
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
TO HELP MARGARET HERBEST FRIEND GO BACK TO TOBAGO.
Chapter log
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Can i get a chapter log of Harriet's Daughter?
A good read.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
While this wasn't the best written book that I've ever read, nor the most touching, it is definately worth reading. As a Jamaican, I could relate to Margaret's childhood and her father's constant threats to send her to Barbados and get some 'Good West Indian Discipline'. This book gives a good picture of a young girl's coming of age, I wish there was a part 2.
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