The sanctuary
By: Ann E. Eskridge
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: My Vision Works Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Farmington Hills, MI]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780983693512
Subjects: Friendship; Juvenile fiction; Older people; Women; Boys; Fatherless families; City and town life; African Americans; Death
Description: Little Man is ten years old and thinks Tico and Amon should let him join their gang. Amon says he will have to pass the initiation first: retrieve a piece of junk from the altar built by "crazy" Lucy Johnson in her backyard. Everyone says Lucy Johnson is a witch. She calls her altar a "sanctuary," a place where spirits of the dead can rest in peace. When Little Man gets caught by the old woman and comes to know her, he realizes that the sanctuary and Lucy Johnson provide all that and more. And when the block club wants to tear down her sanctuary because they consider it an eyesore, Little Man knows he has to do something.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Previously published in 1994.

Includes excerpt from The Raven.