The American QueenThere is only one known queen who truly ruled a kingdom on American soil. Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865 1889 and shares the unsung history of a Black woman who built a kingdom as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life. As seen on Good Morning America: GMA 15 New Books to Read! Over the twenty four years she was enslaved on the

a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind

The protesters are loud

he tells her the brutal truth: not a chance in hell

businesswoman

When she was a teenager

and degraded by the very institutions charged with helping them flourish

A slew of harmful stereotypes continues to follow Black women

These poems at once bear anguish

Of significant moments--G is for Great Migration

She goes above and beyond for everyone in every aspect of her life--work

joyful illustrations that make this neighborhood--based on the Roxbury neighborhood in Boston where the author and illustrator grew up together as cousins--truly sing

Pierce's grandmother raised her in the faith inherited from those who were enslaved