{"id":45027,"date":"2019-02-07T11:12:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T16:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=45027"},"modified":"2019-01-23T21:56:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T02:56:41","slug":"dream-country-by-shannon-gibney-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/dream-country-by-shannon-gibney-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Country by Shannon Gibney [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-44719 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Dream-Country-Shanon-Gibney-BookDragon-529x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Dream-Country-Shanon-Gibney-BookDragon-529x800.jpg 529w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Dream-Country-Shanon-Gibney-BookDragon.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/>Undoubtedly, Bahni Turpin is one of few narrators able to convincingly crisscross the gender spectrum with consistent agility. Here\u00a0she begins as untethered Kollie, a Liberian immigrant teen in 2008, alternately dismissed and provoked by both white and African\u00a0American\u00a0peers at his Minnesota high school, until\u00a0rage, violence, and drugs cause him to be\u00a0exiled to Monrovia by parents desperate to reverse his dangerous behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Turpin then assumes the voice of teenage\u00a0Togar, already a husband and father in 1926 Liberia, made frantic by merciless Congo soldiers threatening enslavement. The narrative then jumps again, to 1827 Norfolk, Virginia, when Turpin embodies Yasmin, a young African American mother determined that she and her children will live in freedom in Liberia, with both devastating and empowering results.<\/p>\n<p>The final two sections \u2013 revealing Kollie\u2019s parents\u2019 Liberian past, his sister\u2019s future stateside \u2013 unravel the scattered generations; Turpin empathically underscores the familial connections. Listeners should not disregard Shannon Gibney\u2019s\u00a0ending author\u2019s note, a context-rich bonus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Dream-Country-\/pid=9709718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undoubtedly, Bahni Turpin is one of few narrators able to convincingly crisscross the gender spectrum with consistent agility. 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