My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich

By Ibi Zoboi

A girl discovers unexpected adventures in Harlem, blending reality with her sci-fi dreams.

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256 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace, a sci-fi enthusiast, is uprooted from Alabama to Harlem for the summer of 1984. As she navigates this vibrant yet daunting world, her imagination becomes her refuge. But Harlem's 126th Street soon reveals parallels to her beloved space adventures, challenging her to find her place in this new reality. Will Ebony-Grace embrace the unexpected connections between her dreams and her new surroundings, or retreat further into her fantasies? Discover how a girl with her eyes on the stars finds her footing in a world that's changing at warp speed.

From the publisher

National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that’s changing at warp speed. Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace’s love for all things outer space and science fiction–especially Star Wars and Star Trek. But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it’s decided she’ll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem. Harlem is an exciting and terrifying place for a sheltered girl from Hunstville, and Ebony-Grace’s first instinct is to retreat into her imagination. But soon 126th Street begins to reveal that it has more in common with her beloved sci-fi adventures than she ever thought possible, and by summer’s end, Ebony-Grace discovers that Harlem has a place for a girl whose eyes are always on the stars. A New York Times Bestseller

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