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Reviewed on July 1, 2004
Adult/High School This evocative novel depicts the white power structure's cruel response to the Brown v. Board of Education decision: shutting down the county's public schools from 1959 to 1964. Ben Rome describes the tense summer of 1959 in Prince Edward County, VA, when he was living on his segregationist father's chicken farm. The 10-year-old is bewildered and fascinated by frantic efforts to establish a system of whites-only private education before the fall term begins. Indulging a vague ambition of becoming a spy, he eavesdrops and snoops on the adults, lear...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
