Summer Reading 2023
This fall, AMSU will celebrate its first annual Book Day Celebration. On this day, the entire AMSU community will spend the day completing activities and discussing the theme of a book that we all will read. There will be several activities throughout the fall leading up to the Book Day Celebration. This will be a way for the entire community to come together, have some fun, and learn from each other.
This year’s theme will be race and ethnicity in the United States. Before the return to school in the fall, every student is required to read the assigned book and complete a project.
This Side of Home by Renee Watson
Summary:
The book tells the story of twin sisters who are growing up in Portland, Oregon. They have many of the same interests and want to attend the same Historically Black College. However, their neighborhood and their school start changing. One of the twins starts spending more time at trendy coffee stops and changes to adapt to the new neighborhood. The other sister strives to hold on to her black heritage and fights to keep the neighborhood she knew and loved alive. The two girls struggle to find where they belong and how to stay close.
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