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Review Quotes This allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture. The next thing you know, youre flying among the stars. All you need is somewhere to go you cant get to any other way. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own.
One night, up on tar beach, the rooftop of her familys Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true.
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Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life.
Book Synopsis CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER - CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK - A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherised for generations. About the Book Ringgold has fashioned a poignant fictional story about eight-year-old Cassie, who dreams that she can claim the George Washington Bridge (and freedom and wealth) by soaring above the city.