My Red, White, and Blue Valentine's Day friendship

friendship

has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room

this contemporary graphic novel paints a picture of an aspiring young artist on a mission to prove that the arts are worth fighting for

and learns that maybe there is a place for Charlie to be her true self after all

For our youngest readers

My Red, White, and Blue Valentine's Day friendshipby Alana Tyson and illustrated by London Ladd A powerful story about the mixture of pride and pain that one Black family finds in the American flag, and an invitation for each of us to choose how we relate to America, its history, and the flag that means so many things to so many people. With engaging, lyrical text, and breathtaking artthe book fits precisely into conversations today about Black identity in Americaa bold reminder that [the flag]