When I Crossed No-bob
Kindle Edition
HarperCollins · Ebook · April 6, 2009
This novel takes place 10 years after HOW I FOUND THE STRONG ended and deals with the reconstruction and race relations after the war.
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- Who it’s for
- A coming-of-age story about the choices that become possible when inherited prejudice is challenged.
- Genres
- Civil War Era, Prejudice & Racism, Violence & Safety
- Published
- HarperCollins, April 6, 2009
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This novel takes place 10 years after HOW I FOUND THE STRONG ended and deals with the reconstruction and race relations after the war. Told from the point of view of 13 year old Addy, who is abandoned by her redneck family and taken in by Shanks (from STRONG) and his new wife. There Addy learns she can make different decisions than those dictated by her own racist family.
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Vivid scenes involving the Ku Klux Klan, a school burning and attempted lynching add drama to this riveting coming of age historical novel. Author, Margaret McMullen captures the hardship and hardscrabble feel of this post-Civil War time as well as the hopeful rebuilding of southern communities.
Hard-Won Choices
A coming-of-age story about the choices that become possible when inherited prejudice is challenged.
Come here for
- A young narrator confronting the racist choices her family taught her
- Postwar reconstruction and race relations, rendered with hardship and hope
Expect
- A vivid, hardscrabble portrait of Southern communities after the war
- Dramatic scenes of racial violence alongside hopeful rebuilding
Where it sits
| Prejudice & Racism | 87% |
|---|---|
| Civil War Era | 73% |
| Violence & Safety | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 19th-Century U.S.
- Prejudice & Racism
- Violence & Safety
- Authors
- Margaret McMullan
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 6, 2009
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- 19th-Century U.S.