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African Americans Fiction African Americans Juvenile fiction Fathers and sons Fiction North Carolina History 20th century Fiction Prejudices Fiction Prejudices Juvenile fiction Segregation Fiction Segregation Juvenile fiction United States History World War, 1939-1945 Fiction United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th FictionDraper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
Summary: When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Draper 2015Pearsall, Shelley.
Summary: In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi is sent to find the father he has not seen in three years, going from Chicago, to segregated North Carolina, and finally to Pendleton, Oregon, where he learns that his father's unit, the all-Black 555th paratrooper battalion, will never see combat but finally has a mission. Includes historical notes.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library/Random House Audio 2012