Contemporary readers will recognize Bee's defiance of the Godmommies' three rules, the secret of her father, and her struggle to pass the life-defining official princess training test. Although Bee and her world is fantasy, the authors have kept it all very real. Bright will provide readers with adventures that'll lead them through the fast-moving exploits of a fresh new character, Black Bee Bright, a.k.a. Young readers will respond to the voice as well as the predicament, while grown-ups will appreciate the values." - Kirkus Reviews "Talented authors Randall and Randall-Williams created this charming novel that tickled my imagination. "Alice Randall has great ideas for novels." - San Francisco Chronicle "A brilliant first novel." - Booklist (for The Wind Done Gone ) "A sometimes cryptic but always fascinating story." - Library Journal (for The Wind Done Gone ) " successfully creates a family that's been torn apart and haphazardly put back together by forces sometimes terrifying, sometimes hopeful." - Publishers Weekly (for Rebel Yell ) "Randall demonstrates, with delicious imagery and a sense of racial irony, a love for history's forgotten and overlooked." - Booklist (starred review) (for Rebel Yell ) "Part detective story, part love story, Rebel Yell is a novel deeply suffused with nostalgia and mourning." - Washington Post, "Sweet, sassy and mystical, this novel deftly melds an old-fashioned story of princess preparation with the modern twist of body image and self-esteem.
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