A review by a_leos_bookgraph
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

It would seem that judgement day has occurred and white folks have walked into the nearest bodies of water, never to be seen again. 
 
Sky Full of Elephants - Cebo Green 
Thank you Simon and Schuster Canada for this exceptional read. 
 
A year later, Black folks are trying to put the pieces back together.  Do we pick up where we left off, colonized and oppressed? Or do we strive for something new, better & equal? 
 
A year ago, the wrongly convicted Black man, Charlie Burton, was in jail. Now a professor at Howard, his world is turned upside down when his estranged daughter reaches out for help. 
 
Sidney, a bi-racial 19 year old,  watched her whole family walk to their death. Traumatized, she’s desperate for answers and calls on a father who abandoned her. 
 
Charlie and Sidney head south to the so-called Kingdom of Alabama. They’re not necessarily prepared for what they find; a hard look at themselves and the role they play in this new diaspora. 
 
As a bi-racial, transracial adoptee raised by a white family, this book snatched me in and held me hard, because like, what if?  
 
Best book I’ve read in 2024, hands down.  Cebo Campbell creates an event layered in self actualization and racial-idendity. Complex and heartwarming, his debut novel is a must read and should be required reading in schools… although I think it will be banned before that ever happens