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Banks, Sara Harrell
2 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Railroad-loving James "Brother" Sayres lives with his mother in the boardinghouse they run in 1937 Alabama. When the cook's nephew, Champion Luckey, arrives, Brother slowly grasps the ugly power of prejudice--and the substance of friendship. Though some of the historical details and lessons-learned moralizing interrupt the narrative flow, the story does a good job of depicting its setting.
Reviewer: Nancy Hull
(4)
4-6
Abraham, an ex-slave who is now a caretaker of a Gettysburg home, is tending the family garden when Lamar, a young Confederate soldier, comes along and the two have a conversation about war and slavery. After the Battle of Gettysburg, Abraham comes across the injured Lamar. The story reads quickly but bogs down on the battlefield. Abraham's meeting with President Lincoln adds a touching, if sentimental, conclusion to the story.
Reviewer: Deborah L. Thompson
2 reviews
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