Title: Brotherhood
Description: "The year is 1867, and the South has lost the Civil War. Those on the lowest rungs, like Shad's family, fear that the freed slaves will take the few jobs available. In this climate of despair and fear, a group has formed. Today we know it as the KKK"--

The year is 1867 and the South has lost the Civil War. Those on the lowest rungs, like Shad's family, fear that the freed slaves will take the few jobs available. In this climate of despair and fear, Shad is torn between loyalty and doing what is right.
Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Race relations, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Prejudices, Fiction, Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.), JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), History, Ku Klux Klan (19th century), Relations raciales, Romans, nouvelles, Préjugés, Reconstruction (1865-1876), Historical fiction, Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Children's fiction, Reconstruction (u.s. history, 1865-1877), fiction, Slavery, fiction, Virginia, fiction
Places: Richmond (Va.), Virginia
Time periods: 19th century