num_pages: 304
description: A historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921 in an area of Tulsa OK known as the Black Wall Street.Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is on the surface a town troublemaker but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of WEB. Du Bois he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place as equals.Sixteen-year-old Angel Hill is a loner mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying and her familys financial situation is in turmoil. Also as a loyal follower of Booker T. Washington she believes through education and tolerance that black people should rise slowly and without forced conflict.Though theyve attended the same schools Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library a three-wheel two-seater bike. Angel cant turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon.But life changes on May 31 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the community of Greenwood leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then Isaiah Angel and their peers realize who their real enemies are.
language: English
title: Angel of Greenwood
publisher: Feiwel & Friends