Author
Kristin Hunter
2 books here
Guest in the Promise Land
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 820L · 1973
A smart, unsentimental 1973 novel about a sharp Black girl navigating class and racial boundaries in Philadelphia; historically rooted and emotionally precise, though less well-known than it deserves.
Guests in the Promised Land
Young adult · ages 12–18 · 850L · 1973
A quietly shattering linked-story collection from 1973 that refuses to sentimentalize Black urban life; still the most unsentimental YA treatment of systemic racism and aspiration available.