It's Mississippi in the summer of 1955, and Rose Lee Carter can't wait to move north. But for now, she's living with her sharecropper grandparents on a white man's cotton plantation. Then, one town over, an African American boy, Emmett Till, is killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. When Till's murderers are unjustly acquitted, Rose realizes that the South needs a change...and that she should be part of the movement.
Linda Jackson's moving debut seamlessly blends a fictional portrait of an African American family and factual events from a famous trial that provoked change in race relations in the United States. Rose's story continues in A Sky Full of Stars.
Recommended Age | 12 and up |
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Author | Linda Williams Jackson |
ISBN | 1328753638 |
Publication Date | Jan 3, 2017 |
Publisher | HMH Books for Young Readers |
Series Name | Rose Lee Carter |
Language | English |