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""Dancing on Black Ice" by Elvira Barnes is the very touching story of a black girl growing up in Minnesota. Part of the story tells of her confinement to her room, then to a home for unwed mothers, which she
describes as being 'incarcerated and defenseless in a prison where the crime was motherhood'. "
Marlena Robertson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Inside culture (main char)
- Black
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- American Midwest
Pregnancy/Child rearing
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Parents/lack of parents problem?
- parental abuse
Loving/sexing?
- bun/oven
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- quite fatty
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- rude people
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- impregnation/reproduction
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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