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Crowe, Chris

Mississippi Trial, 1955

231 pp. | Fogelman | May, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-8037-2745-3 $$17.99
(3) YA Hiram, who spent his early years in the Mississippi delta, returns at age sixteen to visit his widowed grandfather. After a local boy makes threats against a black teenager, Hiram informs the authorities. When Emmett Till is kidnapped and murdered, Hiram is subpoenaed. Documenting a shameful event in American history, the solid novel also thoughtfully charts the protagonist's evolving emotional growth.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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