Reviewed by AdrienneBe for TeensReadToo.com
All Genna Colon wants is to find a way out of her current life. She doesn't want to win the lotto or meet a vampire. No, all Genna wants is to leave Brooklyn. She can't stand living in a crowded and dark apartment with her druggie brother, overworked mother, estranged sister, and innocent baby brother.
Genna wants to go to college, and she is fighting to make that goal come true. To her mother, Genna is the family's only potential for a better life. To her classmates, Genna is an outcast and is known as the teacher's pet. But when Genna meets Judah, another part of her can-be future life is revealed: love.
Judah is everything she ever wanted, stable and sweet. Although they don't agree about everything, Genna no longer feels alone. But suddenly everything changes. Reality is no longer true.
After falling into a fountain, Genna is transported to the time of the Civil War in pre-Brooklyn. No longer is Genna trying to get out of the city. All she wants now is to find her way back, but along the way Genna must discover what it means to be free and the costs that come with it.
A WISH AFTER MIDNIGHT by Zetta Elliott is a breathtaking edition to black history literature for young adults. She not only paints feelings with a translucent narrative, but also gives a clear insight on how one's history still rings out in the present. Readers will thoroughly enjoy reading Genna's tale - and will steadily be awaiting a sequel.
All Genna Colon wants is to find a way out of her current life. She doesn't want to win the lotto or meet a vampire. No, all Genna wants is to leave Brooklyn. She can't stand living in a crowded and dark apartment with her druggie brother, overworked mother, estranged sister, and innocent baby brother.
Genna wants to go to college, and she is fighting to make that goal come true. To her mother, Genna is the family's only potential for a better life. To her classmates, Genna is an outcast and is known as the teacher's pet. But when Genna meets Judah, another part of her can-be future life is revealed: love.
Judah is everything she ever wanted, stable and sweet. Although they don't agree about everything, Genna no longer feels alone. But suddenly everything changes. Reality is no longer true.
After falling into a fountain, Genna is transported to the time of the Civil War in pre-Brooklyn. No longer is Genna trying to get out of the city. All she wants now is to find her way back, but along the way Genna must discover what it means to be free and the costs that come with it.
A WISH AFTER MIDNIGHT by Zetta Elliott is a breathtaking edition to black history literature for young adults. She not only paints feelings with a translucent narrative, but also gives a clear insight on how one's history still rings out in the present. Readers will thoroughly enjoy reading Genna's tale - and will steadily be awaiting a sequel.
