Zora and Me Promo Reel

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Authors Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon discuss Zora Neale Hurston and their middle-grade novel Zora and Me in this video (2:43).
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Zora and Me
Zora and Me
By Authors: Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award! Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-century South in a dazzling debut inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston.
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