Flake, Sharon,

Unstoppable Octobia May / Sharon G. Flake. - 276 pages ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

In 1953 ten-year-old Octobia May lives in her Aunt's boarding house in the South, surrounded by an African American community which has its own secrets and internal racism, and spends her days wondering if Mr. Davenport in room 204 is really a vampire--or something else entirely.

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African American girls--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Southern States--Juvenile fiction.
Boardinghouses--Southern States--Juvenile fiction.
Racism--Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.


Southern States--History--1951---Juvenile fiction.


Mystery fiction.

PZ7.F59816 / Un 2014

[Fic] 813.6