Echo Brown testifies to the disappointments and Triumphs of a Black first-generation college student in this immersive university campus novel.
Finalist for the Ohioana Book Award A Mary Sue Best YA Novel of the Year 2022 Catalyst Award Nominee for Best Memoir A Junior Library Guild Selection ★
Powerful and vulnerable-- Booklist , starred review.
The Chosen One is an unforgettable coming-of-age story that bravely unpacks the double-edged college transition--as both catalyst for old wounds and a fresh start.
In mesmerizing personal narrative and magical realism, Echo Brown confronts mental illness, grief, racism, love, friendship, ambition, self-worth, and belonging as they steer the fates of first-generation college students at Dartmouth.
This remarkable challenge demands vulnerability, humility, and the conviction to ask for help without sacrificing self-worth.
But it might be a portal to different dimensions of time and space--only accessible if Echo accepts her calling as a Chosen One and takes charge of her future by healing her past.
Nor is it a paradise of ideas, an incubator of inclusivity, or even an exciting dating scene.
The campus is not a rainbow-colored utopia where education lifts every voice.
Dartmouth made many promises it couldn\'t keep.
Despite graduating high school in Cleveland as valedictorian, Echo immediately struggles to keep up in demanding classes.
That\'s the first thing Echo notices as she settles into Dartmouth College.
There are many watchers and they are always white.
Echo Brown testifies to the disappointments and Triumphs of a Black first-generation college student in this immersive university campus novel
