- Fiction, Race relations, Juvenile fiction, Prejudices
In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
FictionRace relationsJuvenile fictionPrejudicesAfrican AmericansCoretta Scott King AwardBlacksYOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Values & VirtuesYOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & WomenYOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / FriendshipYOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & RacismYOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Mildred D. Taylor
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 290
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group, Dial Books, Turtleback Books
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780440849766
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Subjects
- Fiction
- Race relations
- Juvenile fiction
- Prejudices
- African Americans
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Blacks
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
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