Showing posts with label Race relations-Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Race relations-Fiction. Show all posts

Friday, April 17, 2009

The River Between Us

The River Between Us by Richard Peck
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Feathers

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.