The Summer Prince
| Title | The Summer Prince |
| Year for Search | 2013 |
| Authors | Johnson, Alaya Dawn(b. 1982) |
| Date Published | 2013 |
| Publisher | Arthur A. Levine Books |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | African American author, Female author |
| Annotation | The young adult novel is set in a post-nuclear war future in an arcology in Brazil that is ruled by women who, over the centuries, have become a rather hidebound ruling class. The arcology has the poor at the bottom and the rulers at the top. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The African American female (b. 1982) author was born, raised, and educated in the United States through her BA in East Asian languages and cultures at Columbia University. She now lives in Mexico where she received s master’s degree in Mesoamerican Studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. |
| Full Text | 2013 Johnson, Alaya Dawn (d. 1982). The Summer Prince. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. PSt The young adult novel is set in a post-nuclear war future in an arcology in Brazil that is ruled by women who, over the centuries, have become a rather hidebound ruling class. The arcology has the poor at the bottom and the rulers at the top. The African American female author was born, raised, and educated in the United States through her BA in East Asian languages and cultures at Columbia University. She now lives in Mexico where she received s master’s degree in Mesoamerican Studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. |
