Review Quotes This allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture. The next thing you know, youre flying among the stars. All you need is somewhere to go you cant get to any other way. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own. One night, up on tar beach, the rooftop of her familys Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. Book Synopsis CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER - CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK - A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming everything she sees as her own. One night, up on Tar Beach-the rooftop of her familys apartment building-her dream comes true. About the Book Cassie Lightfoot, a black girl growing up in Harlem in the 1930s, has a dream-to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life.
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