The Strength of Saints
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2002]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 183 pages ; 22 cm
In 1936, fourteen-year-old Nissa takes a stand against racial prejudice and for her own integrity and independence, drawing on the support of her individualistic mother, her father, stepmother, and some of the inhabitants of their Louisiana town.
Subjects:
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Remarriage -- Juvenile fiction.
City and town life -- Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Remarriage -- Juvenile fiction.
City and town life -- Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
0689832001