Long Division
Kiese Laymon
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
3.83
· 18 ratings · 276 pages · Published: 11 Jun 2013
Before leaving, City is given a strange book without an author called Long Division. He learns that one of the book’s main characters is also named City Coldson--but Long Division is set in 1985. This 1985 City, along with his friend and love-object, Shalaya Crump, discovers a way to travel into the future, and steals a laptop and cellphone from an orphaned teenage rapper called...Baize Shephard. They ultimately take these with them all the way back to 1964, to help another time-traveler they meet protect his family from the Klan.
City’s two stories ultimately converge in the mysterious work shed behind his grandmother’s, where he discovers the key to Baize’s disappearance.
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- sc-fi 4
- time travel 3
- magical realism 3
- contemporary 3
- protagonists of colour 2
- historical fiction 2
- coming of age 2
- literary fiction 2
- funny 2
- realistic 1
- social commentary 1
- satire 1
- black mc 1
- action / adventure 1
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- young adult 3
- audiobook 3
- book 1