Junior and his family sell their farm after a devastating flood to live in the city where more reliable jobs are available. As Junior adjusts to city life, his new friends introduce him to a library in the woods where Blacks are welcome.
A great book to share with kids while studying the segregated South in the 1950s & 1960s.
This fictional story is based on a real library in Roxboro, NC, that the author frequented during his childhood. I found the author's note especially interesting.
Discussion: segregation, illiteracy
-Borrowed from the library.
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