In the Face of the Sun Gift Card Why does the cook burn

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A Newbery Honor Book

In the Face of the Sun Gift Card Why does the cook burnAt the height of the Civil Rights Movement amidst an America convulsed by the 1960s, a pregnant young woman and her brash, profane aunt embark upon an audacious road trip from Chicago to Los Angeles to confront a decades old mystery from 1920s Black Hollywood in this haunting novel of historical fiction from the author of Wild Women and the Blues. A lime gold Ford Mustang is parked outside my building. Unmistakable. My Aunt Daisy, the driver, is an