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Onyx lives with his mother, who is showing signs of early-onset dementia. He doesn't want to bring attention to his home -- if Child Protective Services finds out, they'll put him into foster care.
As he's trying to keep his life together, the Civil Rights Movement is accelerating. Is there anywhere that's safe for a young Black boy? Maybe, if only Onyx can fulfill his dream of becoming an astronaut and exploring space, where none of these challenges will follow him. In the meantime, Onyx can dream. And try to get his mom the help she needs.
Based on her own father's story of growing up in the 1960s and facing the same challenge with his own mother, award winner Amber McBride delivers another affecting depiction of being young and Black in America.
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About Amber McBride
Amber McBride is an author and poet, whose debut YA novel in verse, Me (Moth), won the John Steptoe–Coretta Scott King Award and was a finalist for the Morris Award and National Book Award in Children’s Literature. Gone Wolf won the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for . She received her MFA degree in poetry from Emerson College and is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia.