Arts & Activities, April 1st, 2008
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Faith Ringgold's Tar Beach is a story about Cassie Lightfoot's Harlem childhood. In the story, Cassie recalls sleeping on the rooftop of her apartment building, a "tar beach," the family's escape from the summer's heat. While lying on a handmade quilt next to her brother, BeBe, listening to their parents' voices drifting in cool breezes, she dreams of flying through the night skies, soaring over twinkling lights of tall city buildings and bridges her father helped to build.
Tar Beach holds many themes, including the feeling of freedom, escape, family values, Depressi...
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