Tangleroot by Kalela Williams
Noni Reid has grown up with a mother who is a renowned Black literature scholar, and Dr. Castine is offered the role of president at Stonepost College in Virginia, she and Noni relocate. They’ve moved into a house on Tangleroot Plantation, and Noni has to reckon with losing her friends, her old school, and an internship she was really excited about.
Cuffee Fortune, one of Noni’s ancestors, built Tangleroot Plantation, and Dr. Castine is convinced that Cuffee is also responsible for founding Stonepost College. She is making it her mission to find proof and use it to change the name of the school in his honor.
Noni is not settling in well. She feels uncomfortable with the history of Tangleroot and specifically, the white slaveholding family who lived there. As she begins to learn even more about the history of the Plantation, she is forced at every turn to face the racist history, legacy, and contemporary realities in her new community.
When she discovers a secret that uproots everything, Noni finds herself in a position where fitting in and making a home become even more difficult.