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Mississippi Trial, 1955

by Chris Crowe

ISBN13: 9780142501924
ISBN10: 0142501921
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At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer, and Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to "know their place." When Emmett's tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing. But what will it cost him to know? Mississippi Trial, 1955 is a gripping read, based on true events that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.

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: dade goon, March 4, 2009 (view all comments by dade goon)
this book is suspenseful you never know whats going to happen next until you find out the last killer
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780142501924
Author:: Crowe, Chris
Publisher:: Speak
Location:: New York
Subject:: Murder
Subject:: Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:: Ethnic - African American
Subject:: Law & Crime
Subject:: Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism
Subject:: Racism
Subject:: Fathers and sons
Subject:: Grandfathers
Subject:: Mississippi
Subject:: African Americans
Subject:: Historical fiction, American
Subject:: People & Places - United States - African-American
Subject:: Social Issues - Prejudice & Racism
Subject:: Children s-General
Edition Description:: Trade Paper
Series Volume:: no. 5
Publication Date:: 20031131
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: from 7 up to AND UP
Language:: English
Pages:: 240
Dimensions:: 6.76x4.38x.61 in. .33 lbs.
Age Level:: from 12 up to 16

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