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NewSouth
3 Reviews
(4)
YA
Dirt-poor and living in the Georgia mountains during the Great Depression, fourteen-year-old Halley has little chance of getting the education she desires. Since her father's death, her family lives with Pa Franklin, her grandfather and the town's hard-hearted preacher. The ending is both hopeful and discouraging: Halley eventually escapes Pa Franklin's tyranny when her mother remarries.
Reviewer: Lauren Rizzuto
(4)
YA
Greenly chronicles Bullard's life from childhood in Georgia to World War I hero in the French Foreign Legion and Lafayette Flying Corps. Bullard's success at overcoming racial discrimination is detailed; he was unappreciated in America until years after his death when the U.S. Air Force posthumously honored him. Limited, grainy archival photographs accompany the informative narrative. French pronunciation guide. Reading list. Ind.
Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg
(4)
YA
Teen sleuth Jason Caldwell gets more than he bargained for at the Marshall Space Flight Center: his father's scientific think tank is disrupted when Jason's semi-friend Stephen accuses someone of murder, and Jason must find out the truth. Light on character development, this well-paced adventure reads like a snappy, sharp screenplay.
Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess
3 reviews
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