Between the world and me

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Label

Between the world and me

Statement of responsibility

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Creator

• trueCoates, Ta-Nehisi
• Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Author

• Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Subject

• trueSociety and culture -- Race
• Large type books
• trueRace (Social sciences)
• trueRacism
• trueRace relations
• trueAfrican Americans -- Identity
• African Americans -- Social conditions
• trueBlack Lives Matter movement
• trueAdult books for young adults
• trueAfrican Americans -- Public opinion
• trueIntersectionality
• United States -- Race relations
• Race discrimination -- United States
• trueLife stories -- Identity | Race and ethnicity
• trueAfrican American men
• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• Whites -- United States -- Attitudes

Genre

• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• trueAdult books for young adults
• trueSociety and culture
• trueLife stories

Language

eng

Summary

A profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a black father for his son, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward

Member of

• Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Storyline

• trueOwn voices
• trueIssue-oriented

Tone

• trueBittersweet
• trueMoving
• trueImpassioned
• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueThoughtful
• trueLyrical

Award

• ALA Notable Book, 2016.
• Alex Award, 2016.
• Booklist Editors' Choice, 2015
• Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2015
• Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Nonfiction, 2016.
• Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, 2015.
• Library Journal Best Books 2015
• National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2015.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2015
• School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2015.
• Street Lit Book Award Medal: Adult Non-Fiction, 2016.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

305.800973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

E185.615

LC item number

.C6335 2015b

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

1090

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Target audience

adult