Author: Angela Johnson
Narrator: Book Buddy Digital Media
Unabridged: 0 hr 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 08/01/2022
"[A] rallying cry for girls to reject limitations others might place on them and their dreams."—starred,The Horn Book Magazine
"Once I dreamed I swam / the ocean / and saw everything deep,cool / and was part of the waves. / I swam on by the people / onshore /hollering, / 'A girl like you needs to / stay out of the water / and be dry /like everyone else.'"
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