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Grown

By: Melissa Cummings-Quarry, Natalie A. Carter
Narrated by: Melissa Cummings-Quarry, Natalie A. Carter, Rachel Adedeji
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Summary

Bloomsbury presents Grown: The Black Girls' Guide to Glowing Up by Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie A. Carter, read by Melissa Cummings-Quarry, Natalie A. Carter and Rachel Adedeji.

Your big sis in book form, Grown is the ultimate guide to navigating life as a Black teenage girl.

With a foreword from the inimitable Spice Girl Melanie Brown and contributions from inspirational Black women such as Diane Abbott MP, Dorothy Koomson and Candice Carty-Williams, Grown is a celebration of Black British girlhood that will empower teens everywhere.

Being a teenager and trying to understand who you are and what you stand for is hard. Period. But if you're a Black girl and don't always see yourself represented in the books you read, the films you watch, the adverts you see or the history you're taught, it can be even tougher. Grown: The Black Girls' Guide to Glowing Up was written with one thing in mind sis. You.

From understanding identity to the politics of hair to maintaining squad goals to dealing with microaggressions to consent to figuring out what career you might want, Grown has got your back. Natalie A. Carter and Melissa Cummings-Quarry, founders of Black Girls' Book Club, share stories - the wins and the L's - and offer honest, practical advice that will show you how to own your choices. To live your truth without fear. To be grown on your own terms without limits or apologies.

Grown. It's a mood. It's a mindset. It's a mantra. It's a lifestyle. It embodies everything that makes us who we are.

©2021 Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie A. Carter (P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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"Thank you for being the baddest in the literary game, knowing and loving us Black girls." (Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie)

"Such a loving and warm guide and ode to Black girls, I am so happy the younger generation have this in their lives." (Bolu Babalola, author of Love in Colour)

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A must read for young black girls

Absolutely loved it! It covers everything for today's teenagers.The best up to date book written for young black girls. Written and narrated in a way that young black girls can relate. It also includes a chapter on budgeting and money management which has only recently been added to the national curriculum. I loved everything about this book.

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