Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes
Danitra Brown Leaves Town

writ­ten by Nik­ki Grimes
illus­trat­ed by Floyd Coop­er
Amis­tad / Harper­Collins, 2002

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Danitra Brown Leaves Town

It’s sum­mer vaca­tion, but Zuri Jack­son isn’t hap­py. What will she do all sum­mer long in the city when her best friend, Dan­i­tra. Brown, the most splen­dif­er­ous girl in town, is off to vis­it her fam­i­ly in the coun­try? Write, of course!

Through a series of let­ters, these two friends share with read­ers what child­hood sum­mers are made of: fire­flies, Fourth of July, skies like a thick over­coat but­toned up with stars, fam­i­ly reunions, block par­ties, hand­ball games…and com­ing back home, where true friend­ship always remains.

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Zuri describes in verse the sum­mer that she and her best friend Dan­i­tra are sep­a­rat­ed in Dan­i­tra Brown Leaves Town by Nik­ki Grimes, a fol­low-up to Meet Dan­i­tra Brown. Floyd Coop­er’s lumi­nes­cent pas­tels chron­i­cle the long days and Zuri’s many moods. (Pub­lish­ers Week­ly)

Grimes and Coop­er return with anoth­er sto­ry told through poems about Dan­i­tra Brown and Zuri Jack­son. This time, the friends exchange let­ters all sum­mer long while Dan­i­tra is vis­it­ing rel­a­tives. Zuri starts out feel­ing angry and dis­ap­point­ed that Dan­i­tra is leav­ing her behind and does­n’t seem to care, but even­tu­al­ly both girls make new friends while they look for­ward to being togeth­er again. … Coop­er’s pho­to-real­ist art­work in soft hues against glow­ing back­drops is a love­ly com­ple­ment to the girls’ many moods. (School Library Jour­nal)

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