YANKEE GIRL by Mary Ann Rodman ( 9780746067499 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

YANKEE GIRL

By:

Mary Ann Rodman

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0746067496

ISBN 13:

9780746067499

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Publisher:

USBORNE PUBLISHING LTD

Pub. date:

30 September, 2005

Series:

Usborne Modern Classics

Pages:

256

Description:

Alice has just moved to Mississippi from Chicago. Nicknamed `Yankee Girl' and taunted by the in-crowd at school, Alice soon discovers the other new girl Valerie - one of the school's first black students - has it much worse.Set in the 1960s Deep South, Yankee Girl is a powerful, resonant and relevant story about racism and doing the right thing.

Synopsis:

It's 1964 and Alice has moved to Mississippi from Chicago with her family. Nicknamed `Yankee Girl' and taunted by the in-crowd at school, Alice soon discovers the other new girl Valerie - one of the school's first black students - has it much worse.Alice can't stand the way Valerie is treated, and yet she knows she will remain an outsider if she speaks up. It takes a horrible tragedy to finally give Alice the courage to stand up for what she believes.Set in the Deep South in the 1960s, Yankee Girl is a powerful, resonant and relevant story about racism and doing the right thing.

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