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Can I read The Other Half of My Heart on EtoBox?
The Other Half of My Heart by Sundee Tucker Frazier is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Other Half of My Heart about?
The story of biracial twin sisters—one black, one white—and the summer that tests their strong bond, from the author of Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award-winner Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It. When Minerva and Keira King were born, they made headlines: Keira is black like Mama, but Minni is white like Daddy. Together the family might look like part of a chessboard row, but they are first and foremost the close-knit Kings. Then Grandmother Johnson calls, to invite the twins down South to compete for the title of Miss Black Pearl Preteen of America. Minni dreads the spotlight, but Keira assures her that together they'll get through their stay with Grandmother Johnson. But when their grandmother's bias against Keira reveals itself, Keira pulls away from her twin. Minni has always believed that no matter how different she and Keira are, they share a deep bond of the heart. Now she'll find out whether that’s really true. "One luminous pearl of a sister story."—RITA WILLIAMS-GARCIA, author of the Newbery Honor Award-winner One Crazy Summer Winner of the Skipping Stone Honor Award * "Frazier highlights the contradictions, absurdities, humor, and p
Who reads The Other Half of My Heart?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Sundee Tucker Frazier
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781299168510
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Children'S
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (41 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13