Jessica Stuart

This fantasy book flows like a memoir. It feels so personal for something that blooms with creativity as it looks at what Harriet Tubman would feel like as a person and contrasts her character against Darnell, a music producer who is struggling to feel "free". I loved that it fed you bits of history like a gossip session. I saw one one star review from someone that makes it clear they didn't even attempt to get it by essentially criticizing the book for not just being historical non fiction. To that reader I say, that's been done. This is for a new audience, one that may be black and /or queer and feels disconnected from historical black Americans by reminding the audience that humans across all time periods have still had the full spectrum of humanity and lived experiences. I would love to see a play adaptation of this because it SCREAMS theater.