Amber McBride: "Onyx & Beyond"

Thu Nov 14 2024 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm UTC-05:00

Enoch Pratt Library - Walbrook Branch | Baltimore

Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Amber McBride: "Onyx & Beyond"
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Join Amber McBride to discuss the One Book Baltimore selection "Onyx & Beyond."
About this Event

Join Amber McBride to discuss the One Book Baltimore selection Onyx & Beyond. One Book Baltimore is a collaboration between the Enoch Pratt Free Library, T. Rowe Price Foundation, and Baltimore City Public Schools.

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.


About the Author:

Amber McBride estimates she reads about 100 books a year. Her work has been published in literary magazines including Ploughshares and Provincetown Arts. Her debut young adult novel, Me (Moth) was a finalist for the National Book Award, and won the 2022 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, among many other accolades. She is a professor of creative writing at University of Virginia, and lives in Charlottesville, Virgina.


About the Program:

  • Doors will open to registered attendees at 3 pm.
  • All registered in person attendees will receive a free copy of the book while supplies last.
  • Free lot parking is available.
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Enoch Pratt Library - Walbrook Branch, 3203 West North Avenue, Baltimore, United States

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