A review by bibliobrandie
Being Clem by Lesa Cline-Ransome

5.0

Lisa Cline-Ransome's books are so well researched, her characters are so well developed, and her writing is just wonderful. I am such a fan and found this third installment to the Finding Langston series nothing less than perfect. I love her look at bullying and I remember a friend saying to me that she didn't want her own child to be bullied but she also didn't want them to be the bully or the quiet bystander. Cline-Ransome explores all of these possibilities with this trilogy. This book would be a great introduction to the the Port Chicago Disaster and the way that Black servicemen were treated. Also could tie in the court case on mutiny and Thurgood Marshall, the Great Migration, and the Harlem Renaissance. I hope that Cline-Ransome has another book up her sleeve about Erroll.