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Equal (Paperback)
Joyce Moyer Hostetter
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R271
Discovery Miles 2 710
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Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year As social
change sweeps across 1950s America, two boys-one white, one
Black-discover the power of friendship and the importance of
staying true to yourself It's the summer of 1959 at the foot of
Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie
Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank.
They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends.
But Jackie is white, and Thomas is Black-and Jackie quickly learns
their growing friendship won't be easy. Affected by the growing
civil rights movement, Jackie is intent on being Thomas's friend
and, as a result, experiences racism and prejudice first-hand
through bullying at school, family turmoil, and pressure from his
community. Can Jackie free both his conscience and his voice-and
ultimately do what's right? A touching historical fiction tale
about friendship and racial inequality, Equal is the fifth and
final title in the popular Bakers Mountain Stories series.
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Aim (Paperback)
Joyce Moyer Hostetter
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R298
R207
Discovery Miles 2 070
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World War II looms over the United States while fourteen-year-old
Junior Bledsoe struggles with anger and identity after his father's
death in this coming-of-age title in the award-winning middle-grade
Bakers Mountain Stories series -- now in paperback! As World War II
threatens the United States in 1941, Junior Bledsoe fights his own
battles at home. He struggles with school and with anger--at his
late father, his insufferable granddaddy, his neighbors, and
himself--as he desperately tries to find his own aim in life. But
he finds relief escaping to the quiet of the nearby woods and
tinkering with cars, something he learned from his pop. And a
fatherly neighbor provides much-needed guidance. This heartfelt and
inspiring novel about a boy learning to accept the past and create
his own future also includes an author's note and bibliography.
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Blue (Paperback)
Joyce Moyer Hostetter
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R335
R281
Discovery Miles 2 810
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A Parents' Choice Silver Honor Book With her father on the
frontlines of World War II, a young girl gains strength by joining
her community's battle against the 1944 polio epidemic Ann Fay
Honeycutt accepts the role of "man of the house" when her father
leaves because she wants to do her part for the war. She's doing
well with the extra responsibilities when a frightening polio
epidemic strikes, crippling many local children. Her town of
Hickory, North Carolina responds by creating an emergency hospital
in three days. Ann Fay reads each issue of the newspaper for the
latest news of the epidemic. But soon she discovers for herself
just how devastating polio can be. As her challenges grow, so does
her resourcefulness. In the face of tragedy, Ann Fay discovers her
ability to move forward. She experiences the healing qualities of
friendship and explores the depths of her own faithfulness to those
she loves-even to one she never expected to love at all. Based on
the "Miracle of Hickory" Hospital in Hickory, North Carolina, Blue
is at once a fascinating history of the 1944 polio epidemic and an
inspiring coming of age tale for young and adult readers.
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