num_pages: 254
description: Believing it is hypocritical to do good things for the wrong reasons, thirteen-year-old Mary Harris is suspicious of her older sister's fight to become the first African-American in an all-white school, and when things turn ugly, Mary finds her own cause to believe in.
language: English
title: The Education of Mary: A Little Miss of Color: 1832
titlecomplete: The Education of Mary: A Little Miss of Color: 1832
genres: Historical, Race, African American, Young Adult, School, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Young Adult Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 148
places: Connecticut
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers