Listen to Holler of the Fireflies
A boy from the hood in Brooklyn travels to a STEM camp in an Appalachian holler for one epic, life-changing summer.
Javari knew that West Virginia would be different from his home in Bushwick, Brooklyn. But his first day at a camp in a little Appalachian town is still a shock. Though run-ins with the police are just the same there as in his home town. Not good.
Javari will learn a lot about science, tech, engineering, and math at camp. And also about rich people, racism, and hidden agendas. But it’s Cricket, a local boy, budding activist, and occasional thief, who shows Javari many eye-opening things in what he calls “Affrilachia.”
Javari is about to have that summer. Where everything gets messy and complicated and confusing. Between experiencing Affrilachian culture alongside Cricket, and navigating racism at the ethnically diverse camp, Javari encounters ways in which the region’s history intersects with his own.
Holler of the Fireflies is a brilliant, new, contemporary novel from David Barclay Moore, the award-winning author of The Stars Beneath Our Feet. Read by Zeno Robinson and David Barclay Moore, the audiobook version of this story is perfect for ages 10 and up.
Listen to an excerpt at www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/546297/holler-of-the-fireflies.
