Mississippi trial, 1955
Title
:
Mississippi trial, 1955
Author
:
Crowe, Chris.
ISBN
:
9780142501924
Publication Information
:
New York : Speak/Penguin Group, 2003.
Physical Description
:
231 pages ; 17 cm
General Note
:
"First published in the United States of America by Phyllis Fogelman Books, an imprint of Penguin Putnam Inc., 2002"--Title page verso.
Reading Level
:
870 L Lexile
Personal Subject
:
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955-Fiction.
Subject Term
:
Grandfathers -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Hate crimes -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
African American teenage boys -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Racism -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 1953-1961 -- Fiction.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Summary
:
In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds boy himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African American from Chicago.
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | TEEN FICTION CRO | Teen Fiction |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | TEEN FICTION CRO | Teen Fiction |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | TEEN FICTION CRO | Teen Fiction |