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Jennmarie68, March 11, 2010 (view all comments by Jennmarie68)
This story is not only about the friendship of a young white girl and young black girl growing up in the south in 1959, but it's about family (not just by blood) and deals with the injustice that is racism. As Penny realizes that the friendship with her best friend Timbre Ann may be ending she also has to deal with the issues of her family, which her parents had tried to always hide from her in the past. She also has to come to some harsh social realizations.

This book was so touching. I felt everything Penny was going through. While I'm not naive enough to believe that racism doesn't exist anymore, I'm glad our country has made the progress that it has. I can't even begin to imagine what living in the south as an African American must have been like when this book took place. I think that Bethany Hegedus did a great job with this story, keeping it accurate from a 12-year-old's point of view. This story is touching, heartfelt, compassionate and emotional.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781934813027

Author:

Hegedus, Bethany

Publisher:

Westside Books

Subject:

General

Subject:

Interracial friendship

Subject:

Children s-General

Publication Date:

20090231

Binding:

Hardcover

Language:

English

Pages:

306

Dimensions:

8.30x5.50x1.10 in. 1.05 lbs.