All the Fighting PartsSixteen year old Amina Conteh has always believed in using her voice as her weapon even when it gets her into trouble. After cursing at a classmate, her father forces her to volunteer at their church with Pastor Johnson. But Pastor Johnson isn't the holy man everyone thinks he is. The same voice Amina uses to fight falls quiet the night she is sexually assaulted by Pastor Johnson. After that, her life starts to unravel: her father is frustrated that

making a series of inappropriate sexual choices

but their new relationship might be sabotaged before it has a chance by the dangerous thrill Feyi feels every time she locks eyes with the one person in the house who is most definitely off-limits

Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you

he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system

But their new home is sinister in ways they never expected--it comes with a mysterious set of instructions

fine artist Patrick Dougher

but also to each other

whose lives spanned Jim Crow

a superhero

Featuring a diverse cast of characters

Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest about the past and those that are not--that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history

and the love and laughter she shared with her husband