Displaying 1 of 1 1997 Format: Book Author: Finney, Nikky. Title: Heartwood / Nikky Finney. Publisher, Date: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1997] ©1997 Description: vi, 71 pages ; 22 cm. Series: New books for new readers New books for new readers. Subjects: African Americans -- Kentucky -- Fiction. Young women -- Kentucky -- Fiction. Readers for new literates. High interest-low vocabulary books. Kentucky -- Race relations -- Fiction. LCCN: 97025201 ISBN: 0813109108 (pbk.) System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Summary "Deep in the center of every tree, you'll find the heartwood. The characters in this new book by poet Nikky Finney are the heartwood of their small Kentucky communities. You'll meet Buck Jones and Mae Bennet, whose anger has twisted them up inside, Queenie Sims and Arizona Scott, who can see the good in people, and Trina Sims and Jenny Bryan, two young women who discover how much they are alike despite their different skin color. Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Displaying 1 of 1
