Mia McKenzie's These Heathens
This book is about a small-town Black teenager in 1960 who asks her favorite teacher to help her get an abortion--and her teacher takes her up to Atlanta to stay with a rich Black childhood friend, where they hobnob with all sorts of atheists, Black celebrities, civil rights leaders, student activists, and (gasp) gay people, totally expanding the girl's worldview. It’s a little bit facile but I think would be a hit with book clubs. B/B+.
