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Sky Full of Elephants

By: Cebo Campbell
Narrated by: Leon Nixon, Erin Ruth Walker, Janina Edwards
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In this “bold and imaginative” (Tananarive Due) “truly powerful and riveting story” (Booklist) set in a world where white people no longer exist, college professor Charlie Brunton receives a call from his estranged daughter Sidney, setting off a chain of events as they journey across a truly “post-racial” America in search of answers.

In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black?

One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world. Having served his time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he’s now a professor of electric and solar power systems at Howard University when he receives a call from someone he wasn’t even sure existed: his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old left behind by her white mother and step-family.

Traumatized by the event, and terrified of the outside world, Sidney has spent a year in isolation in Wisconsin. Desperate for help, she turns to the father she never met, a man she has always resented. Sidney and Charlie meet for the first time as they embark on a journey across a truly “post-racial” America in search for answers. But neither of them are prepared for this new world and how they see themselves in it.

Heading south toward what is now called the Kingdom of Alabama, everything Charlie and Sidney thought they knew about themselves, and the world, will be turned upside down. Brimming with heart and humor, “this stunning allegory will spark much discussion” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about the power of community and connection, about healing and self-actualization, and a reckoning with what it means to be Black in America, in both their world and ours.

Accolades & Awards

Best of 2024
African American Best of 2024 Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Magical Realism Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Witty Scary
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Thought-provoking Premise • Complex Characters • Beautiful Writing • Powerful Themes • Imaginative Storytelling

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This was a beautiful story of life and experiences of Black people. I felt connected through the gift and the challenges that come with the skin I wear. I will definitely read it again as I process my own journey.

Soul to Soul

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Cebo weaves a narrative where race is central to the story, but not the story itself. So many layers. It’s a father daughter story, an identity story, and a framing of the social construct that is race. I could envision this on screen.

Not your typical tale regarding race.

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A thought provoking book that makes you delve deep into what could be and a desire to see a transformation for Black people in reality.

A fiction book that you wish was real

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I truly enjoyed this read. It was so good and I read it in a time where my imagination can only wish. The relationship between Charlie and daughter and the machine. Just a beautiful piece of work.

Beautiful Black Work

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If your liberation politic needs a break, this book is a cheap vacation. Never have I ever wanted to be a resident of Mobile, AL so deep as I have listening to this book.

Sighs of imaginary relief...

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