Summer Battles - Hardcover
In 1926 Indiana, elevenyearold Kath visits her grandfather whose housekeeper has become the target of the Klu Klux Klan, and Kath is determined to stand up to the group's hate against Serena.
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About the Author:
Ann R. Blakeslee was the author of A Different Kind of Hero (Cavendish Children's Books 1997) for which she was posthumously awarded UNESCO's Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance.
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Grade 4-8-A novel that chronicles Kath Eads's three-week visit with her grandfather in Peaceable, IN, in 1926. Slight of stature and dressed like her 6-year-old sister, Kath, 11, is fighting for independence and to be taken seriously by the adults in her life. Grando (Reverend Tom Tharp) has been sent to this town to make some changes in the church. He finds that this rural community is rife with bigotry and resentment and preaches against the Ku Klux Klan as part of the Sunday service. Kath is immediately aware that something is very wrong in Peaceable and later confronts Mrs. Towner, the shopkeeper, for her racist behavior toward Serena, Grando's black housekeeper. The plot evolves as Grando and Kath search for clues to the identity of the leader of the Black Riders, a local hate group, and in an exciting climax, Grando stands alone against the hooded mob. The situation is resolved when the leader is accidentally revealed to be a woman and immediately loses her following. This disappointingly facile ending weakens an otherwise well-written story and makes light of the serious issues that the author raises.
Virginia R. La Juene, Schenectady County Public Library System, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Virginia R. La Juene, Schenectady County Public Library System, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherMarshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0761450645
- ISBN 13 9780761450641
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages127
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