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Jackson, Linda Williams
2 Reviews
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4-6
In segregated mid-1950s Mississippi, increasing racial strife poses a new dilemma for thirteen-year-old Rose Lee Carter (Midnight Without a Moon). She is caught between conflicting tactics to effect change: peaceful protest or retaliatory violence. With captivating characterization, Jackson has again credibly woven real historical events into a poignant story of hope, friendship, and aspiration, resulting in an insightful, relevant historical novel.
Reviewer: Pauletta Brown Bracy
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2018
(2)
4-6
In 1955, the daily drudgery of thirteen-year-old Rose's life with her sharecropper grandparents is precipitously disrupted when Emmett Till is murdered. This nuanced coming-of-age story is deftly delivered, with engaging characters set against a richly contextualized backdrop of life for African Americans during the Jim Crow era. It's also an authentic work of historical fiction about a pivotal incident in the civil rights movement.
Reviewer: Pauletta Brown Bracy
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2017
2 reviews
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