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More than just a novel in verse, this book illuminates the issues of segregation, the attitudes of those in power, and the current events occurring during the 9 long years it took for the resolution of this case. So powerful to have read this on the heels of the March trilogy. As a "Documentary Novel," it would pair well with Countdown and Revolution by Deborah Wiles. Such a sting to realize that these ideas about and beliefs in separation and superiority are still alive (maybe growing). What a
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Very important reading for middle grade and up. Amazing fact: Alabama was the last state to turn over its anti-miscegenation law, and that was in 2000. We were married two years later.
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