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Kekla Magoon

(1979) Children's Writer

19 quotes in 74 categories

Kekla Magoon is a children's writer.

Quick Facts About Kekla Magoon

Born: November 30, 1979
Profession: Children's Writer

About Kekla Magoon

[Wikidata] American author... | [Wikipedia] Kekla Magoon is an American author, best known for her NAACP Image Award-nominated young adult novel The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, The Season of Styx Malone, and X. In 2021, she received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her body of work. Her works also

Quotes by Kekla Magoon

The river is motion, turmoil, rage. As the river flows, it wonders what it would be like to be so still, to…

Around the bend

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You're only responsible for your own actions. You can't control how someone else reacts to what you do. You made a choice.…

Action

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“Trouble ain’t met trouble till it crosses paths with us!”

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The river moves, but it follows a path. When it tires of one journey, it rubs through some rock to forge a…

Coming of age

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“And she was supposed to be its leader. The knowledge settled over her like a soft blanket woven of fate. It was…

Leadership

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“On the surface, she looked both ways before she crossed the street, because she never knew what was coming.”

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“After growing up an only child, with few friends, she still struggled with the concept of operating in a group. It was…

Children

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“Try as she might, she still couldn’t see herself as the fire, as the daughter of shadows and light who could bridge the divides…

Children

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“Everyone makes sacrifices. Dad’s voice in her head. The trick is to know for sure what it is you want most.”

Sacrifice

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We need a whole bunch of books about people of color, kids on the spectrum, etc. It's strange that we have a…

Book

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“OFFSPRING OF DARKNESS, DAUGHTER OF LIGHT GIFTING THE PEOPLE, BEACON IN THE NIGHT EMERGE AFTER SHADOWS, HIDING HER FACE HOPE OF THE…

Children

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“What you’re doing ain’t fighting,” he said. “You call me up when you find the fire.”

Fire

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“It's not that you said it. I care that you even though it.”

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“Anyone who can see will see you beautiful.”

Beautiful

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“there was always going to be a day that changed everything. Everyone has such days from time to time; it’s a fact…

Life

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“It was amazing really, how easy it had become to appreciate the simple things. Small, tangible things, like clean shirts and toothpaste.…

Simple things

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Malcolm X finally became the person he was meant and raised to be. He fought against the forces of racism to return…

Force

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“I never wanted to be exceptional,” she whispered. “I’ve always been ‘exceptional.’ You know what that means? It means you’re an exception.…

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We need heroes of color in all different genres. It's also valuable for white readers to be able to meet people in…

Able

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