by Renée Watson
□ A menu from a favorite restaurant or a recipe you love
□ A map of a place that is special to you and/or that represents where you are from
□ Lyrics of a song that is meaningful to you
□ An item or image that represents your ancestors
□ Two of your favorite colors
Renée’s Personal Top Ten Lists
TOP TEN PLACES TO VISIT IN OREGON:
Multnomah Falls
Powell’s City of Books
Portland Japanese Garden
Tillamook Creamery
Tilikum Crossing: Bridge of the People
Saturday Market
Bonneville Dam and Fish Hatchery
OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry)
Crater Lake
Keller Fountain Park
TOP TEN PLACES TO VISIT IN NEW YORK CITY:
The Schomburg Center
Studio Museum
Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling
The High Line
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Bronx Documentary Center
Serengeti Teas and Spices
Top of the Rock
Riverbank State Park
The Langston Hughes House
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Watson, Renée, author.
Title: Some places more than others / by Renée Watson.
Description: New York : Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2019.
Summary: Amara visits her father’s family in Harlem for her twelfth birthday, hoping to better understand her family and herself, but New York City is not what she expected.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019003857 (print) • LCCN 2019006633 (e-book)
ISBN 978-1-68119-108-9 (hardcover) • ISBN 978-1-68119-109-6 (e-book)
Subjects: CYAC: Family life—New York (State)—Harlem—Fiction. | African Americans—New York (State)—New York—Fiction. | Harlem (New York, N.Y.)—Fiction. | New York (N.Y.)—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.W32868 Som 2019 (print) | LCC PZ7.W32868 (e-book) |
DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019003857
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