The Only Black Girls in Town

Written by Brandy Colbert

Two girls uncover hidden journals, revealing secrets that challenge their understanding of the past.

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368 pages· 62,686 words· Est. 7 hour read· ~750L

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Bookroo's summary

Alberta, a surfer in a small California town, finally meets Edie, another Black girl her age. As they bond, they find old journals in Edie's attic. These journals hold secrets that could change everything they know about their town and themselves. Can they unravel the mysteries, or will the past's shadows alter their present? Discover the unexpected twists as Alberta and Edie navigate friendship and history.

From the publisher

Award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert’s debut middle-grade novel about the only two black girls in town who discover a collection of hidden journals revealing shocking secrets of the past. Beach-loving surfer Alberta has been the only black girl in town for years. Alberta’s best friend, Laramie, is the closest thing she has to a sister, but there are some things even Laramie can’t understand. When the bed and breakfast across the street finds new owners, Alberta is ecstatic to learn the family is black-and they have a 12-year-old daughter just like her. Alberta is positive she and the new girl, Edie, will be fast friends. But while Alberta loves being a California girl, Edie misses her native Brooklyn and finds it hard to adapt to small-town living. When the girls discover a box of old journals in Edie’s attic, they team up to figure out exactly who’s behind them and why they got left behind. Soon they discover shocking and painful secrets of the past and learn that nothing is quite what it seems.

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