Midnight without a moon
By: Linda Williams Jackson
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780544785106
Subjects: Race relations; Juvenile fiction; History; African Americans; Racism; Fiction
Description: Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.