Tar Beach

Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on "Tar Beach" - the rooftop of her family's Harlem apartment building - her dream comes true. The stars lift her up, and Cassie Louise Lightfoot is flying over the city, claiming everything she sees as her own.
A Caldecott Honor Book Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award A New York Times Best Illustrated Book Winner of the Parents' Choice Gold Award