The Chosen One: A First-Generation Ivy League Odyssey

by Echo Brown

Book Overview

This memoir filled with "overwhelming emotions and power" (The Mary Sue) testifies to the disappointments and triumphs of a Black first-generation college student in a predominantly white institution.

There are many watchers and they are always white. That's the first thing Echo notices as she settles into Dartmouth College. Despite graduating high school in Cleveland as valedictorian, Echo immediately struggles to keep...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316310662
• ISBN13: 9780316310666
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hach
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12