In this young adult adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection and
New York Times bestselling nonfiction work, Pulitzer Prize-winning
author Isabel Wilkerson explores the unspoken hierarchies that divide us
across lines of race and class. Revealing and timely, this work will
speak to young people who are engaged more than ever with the world
around them, or to anyone who believes in a more just existence for
all.
Readers will be fascinated by this young adult adaptation of the New
York Times bestselling nonfiction work as they follow masterful
narratives about real people that reveal an insidious phenomenon in the
United States: a hidden caste system. Caste is not only about race or
class; it is about power--which groups have it and which do not. Isabel
Wilkerson explores historical social hierarchies, including those in
India and Nazi Germany, and explains how perpetuating these rankings
dehumanizes vast sections of society. Once we learn the reasons behind
caste and see the often heartbreaking effects, Wilkerson says, we can
bridge the divides and make way for an inclusive future where we are all
equal.