Midnight Without a Moon
Format: Book
Description: 312 pages ; 22 cm
Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 870L
ISBN:
9780544785106 (hardback)