My Life as An Ice Cream SandwichMy Life as An Ice Cream Sandwich

"Summer, 1984. Ebony-Grace Norfleet flies from Huntsville, Alabama, to Harlem, where she'll stay with her father while her mother deals with the trouble that's arisen for Ebony-Grace's grandfather, Jeremiah Norfleet, one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA in the 1960s. Ever since she came to live with him when she was little, he's nurtured his granddaughter's love of space and science fiction -- especially Star Wars and Star Trek, both of which she's watched dozens of times. So even as Ebony-Grace struggled to make friends, she always had her grandfather and the imaginary worlds they created together. New York, though, is different. Hip-hop. Break dancing. Double-Dutch. Graffiti. Harlem is a loud and bewildering place for a sheltered country girl, and her first reaction is to retreat into her imagination. But soon 126th Street reveals that it has more in common with her beloved outer-space adventures than she ever dreamed, and by summer's end, Ebony-Grace discovers that maybe she's not an alien after all. Broken but beautiful Harlem has a place for a girl whose eyes are always on the stars"--