Max and Arthur are friends who share an interest in painting

” (Ana Reyes

Mikky never worried about leaving Kyla behind at their family-owned funeral home so long as she had Erin

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Hands Up! Teen & Young Adult Mysteries & Detective Stories Max and Arthur are friendsThis triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march. A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun, reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf, and raises her hands up in praise at a church service. She stretches her hands up high like a plane's wings and whizzes