Review: The House on Rondo by Debra J. Stone
The House on Rondo
Debra J. Stone
University of Minnesota Press
Published October 7, 2025
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About The House on Rondo
A young girl reckons with the demolition of a Black Saint Paul neighborhood to make way for the Interstate in the early 1960s
When thirteen-year-old Zenobia has to leave her friends and spend the summer at Grandma’s while Mama recovers from a stroke, life seems so unfair. But then the eviction letters start arriving throughout her grandparents’ neighborhood, and white men chalk arrows to mark the gas and water lines, and a new world … Continue reading
