February Adventures in Reading Kids Club: Hattie May Begins Again by Sharon G. Flake
February 16 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Our Adventures in Reading Kids Club is free and open to all AND the book is 10% off book club pricing. Come on out and join your fellow readers each month for a free pizza party and chat about the selected book.
This month we’re chatting about Hattie Mae Begins Again by Sharon G. Flake
Hattie Mae has always known the rhythms of Seed County, North Carolina—milking cows, tending gardens, doing the work her family relies on. But when she’s sent north to Miss Abigail’s School for Exceptional Young Ladies, the elite Philadelphia boarding school feels like another world entirely.
Her classmates—from polished Lisa to the girls who mock her accent, her clothes, her manners—insist a Southern Black girl like Hattie could never become a doctor, a scientist, or anything extraordinary. And Hattie fears they might be right. As waves of Black families arrive in the city seeking new futures during the Great Migration, Hattie sees herself reflected in their longing and resilience.
Slowly, she learns that belonging isn’t given—it’s claimed. A tender coming-of-age story about courage, identity, and lifting others as you rise, ripe with book club discussion opportunities