num_pages: 207
description: In 1957--the year in which school integration stirred both Blacks and whites--in St. Louis, thirteen-year-old Betsey Brown encounters the awkwardness, responsibilities, and the elusive promise of romance of adolescence
language: English
title: Betsey Brown
titlecomplete: Betsey Brown
genres: Literary Fiction, African American Literature, Fiction, African American, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Novels, Race, Young Adult, American
ratings_count: 670
places: St. Louis, Missouri
publisher: St Martins Pr