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Yankee Girl
By Rodman, Mary Ann
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37438-661-0
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2004
Gr 4-8 Alice Ann Moxley's father works for the FBI and has been transferred from Chicago to Jackson, MS, in 1964 to protect civil rights workers and individuals registering to vote. Taken aback by everything from Southern accents to the way black people are treated, Alice finds it very hard to adjust and nearly impossible to make friends. She's quickly branded "Yankee Girl," and the one friend she finds, the boy next door, abandons her when school starts-late this year, due to fear of integration. Alice'...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
