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c2008., Greenwillow Books Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Uses the form of a blues song to share the story of the year-long bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked by seamstress Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger in 1955, which resulted in a repeal of the Jim Crow segregation laws.
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c2008., Primary, Greenwillow Books Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Uses the form of a blues song to share the story of the year-long bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked by seamstress Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger in 1955, which resulted in a repeal of the Jim Crow segregation laws.
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[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Historical Fiction WILLIAMS-GARCIA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible"--Publisher's web site.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1930s Alabama, twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher is the only member of his family who seems unable to practice folk magic, but when a mysterious man called the Stranger puts the entire town at risk from his black magic, Hoodoo must learn to conjure to defeat him.
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2023., Adolescent, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: HISTORICAL F MIN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. She falls in love with Raymond Campbell, whose clandestine organizing activities challenge New Jessup's status quo and could lead to the young couple's expulsion--or worse--from the home they hold dear. But as Raymond continues to push alternatives for enhancing New Jessup's political power, Alice must find a way to balance her undying support for his underground work with her desire to protect New Jessup from the rising pressure of upheavals both in and out of town"--Provided by the publisher.
