The Davenports
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Dial Books, 2023.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 22 cm.
Status
Main Library - Young Adult
Fiction Marquis, K
1 available
Fiction Marquis, K
1 available
Southside - Young Adult
Fiction Marquis, K
1 available
Fiction Marquis, K
1 available
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Main Library - Young Adult | Fiction Marquis, K | Hardcover | On Shelf |
Southside - Young Adult | Fiction Marquis, K | Hardcover | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Dial Books, 2023.
Language
English
Notes
Description
The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
Description
"The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago. Now it's 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love -- even where they're not supposed to. There is Olivia, the beautiful elder Davenport daughter, ready to do her duty by getting married ... until she meets the charismatic civil rights leader Washington DeWight and sparks fly. The younger daughter, Helen, is more interested in fixing cars than falling in love -- unless it's with her sister's suitor. Amy-Rose, the childhood friend turned maid to the Davenport sisters, dreams of opening her own business -- and marrying the one man she could never be with, Olivia and Helen's brother, John. But Olivia's best friend, Ruby, also has her sights set on John Davenport, though she can't seem to keep his interest... until family pressure has her scheming to win his heart, just as someone else wins hers"--,Amazon.com.
Target Audience
Ages 12+,Dial Books for Young Readers.
Target Audience
Grades 7-9.,Dial Books for Young Readers.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American families -- Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Love -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Romance fiction.
Upper class -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Young women -- Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Love -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Romance fiction.
Upper class -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Young women -- Juvenile fiction.