Mystery of the Dark Tower

Description:

In 1928, when her father tears her and her brother from their mother in North Carolina and takes them to live with aunts in Harlem, twelve-year-old Bessie is trapped in a strange place, especially after her father mysteriously disappears.

subjects: African Americans,  Fiction,  Harlem Renaissance,  Mystery and detective stories,  Parent and child,  History,  Juvenile fiction,  Children's fiction,  Parent and child, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Harlem (new york, n.y.), fiction

Places: Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Times: 20th century