num_pages: 320
description: Rose Lee Carter a 13-year-old African-American girl dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955. Her world is rocked when a 14-year-old African-American boy Emmett Till is killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. A powerful middle-grade debut perfect for readers who enjoyed The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Brown Girl Dreaming.
language: English
title: Midnight Without a Moon
publisher: Clarion Books