num_pages: 40
description: In the hour before dawn Dovey Mae and Grandma Rachel step into the cool damp night on a secret mission: to find the sweetest ripest blackberries that grow deep in the woods.But the nighttime holds a thousand soundsand a thousand shadowsand Dovey Mae is frightened of the dark. But with the fierce and fearless Grandma Rachel at her side the woods turn magical and berry picking becomes an enchanting adventure that ends with the beauty and power of the sunrise.A memory from Dovey Johnson Roundtrees childhood. With Grandma Rachels lessons as her guiding light Dovey Mae would go on to become a trailblazer of the civil rights movementfighting for justice and equality in the military the courtroom and the church.
language: English
title: We Wait for the Sun
publisher: Roaring Brook Press