A review by bookwormmichelle
Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America by C. Nicole Mason

4.0

Beautiful memoir of a young girl born black and in poverty, and her many struggles as she grew up and eventually was able to go to college and graduate school and escape poverty. She also uses her story to show just how high the barriers are, and how difficult they can be to overcome. I'm just floored by her descriptions of schools where no one cared if anyone even came to class, or sat and listened. When she did manage to get into advanced classes, teachers and students acted like she shouldn't have been there. We have a long ways to go and a lot of work to do before we can claim that all kids get fair opportunities in life. Books like this help us realize that.