Crow (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375873676)

The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He's growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too. He's teaching his grandmother how to read. For the first time she's sharing stories about her life as a slave. And his father and his friends are finally getting the respect and positions of power they've earned in the Wilmington, North Carolina, community. But not everyone is happy with the political changes at play and some will do anything, including a violent plot against the government, to maintain the status quo.

One generation away from slavery, a thriving African American community--enfranchised and emancipated--suddenly and violently loses its freedom in turn-of-the-century North Carolina when a group of local politicians stages the only successful coup d'etat in US history.

Author: Barbara Wright
ISBN-10: 0375873678
ISBN-13: 9780375873676
Publisher: Yearling Books
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2013
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.25w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 148806 / Crow

Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee