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Sky Full of Elephants

By: Cebo Campbell
Narrated by: Leon Nixon, Erin Ruth Walker, Janina Edwards
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“Bold and imaginative.” —Tananarive Due
“This stunning allegory will spark much discussion.”Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A truly powerful and riveting story.” —Booklist

In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black?

One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world. Having served time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he’s now a professor of electric and solar power systems at Howard University when he receives a call from someone he wasn’t even sure existed: his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old left behind by her white mother and step-family.

Traumatized by the event, and terrified of the outside world, Sidney has spent a year in isolation in Wisconsin. Desperate for help, she turns to the father she never met, a man she has always resented. Sidney and Charlie meet for the first time as they embark on a journey across a truly “post-racial” America in search for answers. But neither of them are prepared for this new world and how they see themselves in it.

Heading south toward what is now called the Kingdom of Alabama, everything Charlie and Sidney thought they knew about themselves, and the world, will be turned upside down. Brimming with heart and humor, Cebo Campbell’s astonishing debut novel is about the power of community and connection, about healing and self-actualization, and a reckoning with what it means to be Black in America, in both their world and ours.©2024 Cebo Campbell (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio
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Soul to Soul

This was a beautiful story of life and experiences of Black people. I felt connected through the gift and the challenges that come with the skin I wear. I will definitely read it again as I process my own journey.

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An uplifting experience of blackness

What an excellent description of the experience of blackness 🔥 I loved having the perspectives of different worlds colliding

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Beautiful. inspiring. Hopeful

Beautifully written. Requires an examination of what I believe about life, money , family and , connection.

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Well written

This is a book that must be read! It was so good! It was an eye opener. I love this historical aspect that I didn't even know about. It made me research history as well!

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A book about healing

A book about healing the Black Community. The best way to do that is to get rid of our oppressor.

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Reading this book during this regressive and counterrevolution period of the 21st century is something. Republicans are banning Black books, attacking voting rights, affirmative action, diversity, equity and inclusion and offer white people reparations for having to be confronted with uncomfortable history—-this book is a timely read. James Baldwin said, “to be Black and conscious in America is be in a rage almost all the time.” This book is a balm from the rage.

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Amazing

Such a wonderful book. It went in so many directions and really brought the message home.

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Loved this one. Incredibly created. Please listen. Absolutely moving and healing to listen to. This was clearly written from a place of immense power.

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A book you can really get lost in

First and foremost Sidney is sooooo annoying lol. Overall this book made me think, how would I do things differently if that event really happened. this book was very entertaining and as well as informative, I really enjoyed thus book

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Loved the story

I loved the story line and I was invested in each character and loved the way the author was careful about how he told the story. Very good story.

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