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Christina Hammonds Reed holds an MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Her short stories have been published in The Santa Monica Review and One Teen Story. She grew up in LA and has lived all over the city. She was eight when the riots happened, and every day on her morning commute she drives through neighbourhoods that still very much bear the scars of '92.
The Black Kids is Christina Hammonds Reed's debut novel and she has already been compared to such luminaries as Angie Thomas, Nic Stone and Jason Reynolds.
The Black Kids is Christina Hammonds Reed's debut novel and she has already been compared to such luminaries as Angie Thomas, Nic Stone and Jason Reynolds.
Genres: Young Adult Romance, Young Adult Fiction
Christina Hammonds Reed recommends
The Blackwoods (2023)
Brandy Colbert
"Brandy Colbert delivers yet again with a whip-smart look at gender, Blackness and aspiration, and what the Hollywood machine has historically given and taken from performers of color. The Blackwoods is a story about the messiness of family and the burdens and triumphs of carrying the legacy of Black excellence. As a family, the Blackwoods are so tenderly drawn and beautifully human, I found myself wishing I could spend even longer with them well after I'd turned the final page."
We Deserve Monuments (2022)
Jas Hammonds
"We Deserve Monuments is an absolutely beautiful achievement. I felt this book in my heart, in my very marrow itself."
Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win (2022)
Susan Azim Boyer
"Told against the backdrop of the Iran Hostage Crisis and a high-stakes high school election, Jasmine Zumideh Needs A Win is a whip-smart look at identity and girlhood in a story where the political is very much the personal."
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