Unstoppable Octobia May

About this book

Bestselling and award-winning author Sharon G. Flake delivers a mystery set in the 1950s that eerily blends history race culture and family. Octobia May is girl filled with questions. Her heart condition makes her special - and some folks would argue gives this ten-year-old powers that make her a "wise soul." Thank goodness for Auntie who convinces Octobias parents to let her live in her boarding house that is filled with old folks. Thats when trouble and excitement and wonder begin. Auntie is non-traditional. Shes unmarried and has plans to purchase other boarding homes and hotels. At a time when children and especially girls are "seen not heard " Auntie allows Octobia May the freedom and expression of an adult. When Octobia starts to question the folks in her world an adventure and a mystery unfold that beg some troubling questions: Who is black and who is "passing" for white? What happens when a vibrant African American community must face its own racism?And perhaps most important: Do vampires really exist? In her most and probing novel yet Sharon G. Flake takes us on a heart-pumping journey.