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Classroom Pack of "Down South for the Summer" - 20 Copies

 

"Down South for the Summer" by Patricia Bellamy-Mathis

 

Down South for the Summer is the story of a Black family from the Northeast taking their annual road trip to see their grandparents in South Carolina. Set in the 1990s, this story highlights the quintessential Black experience --- sleek braids and beads, everyone (and then some) piling into the family van, and playing road trip games during the long drive. Once in the South, the family enjoys being wrapped in Grandma’s shea butter hugs, the freshest mea