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itle: Freshwater RoadAuthor: Denise Nicholas
Genre: Historical Fiction
Synopsis: It's 1964, Freedom Summer, and Celeste has decided to leave her comfortable home with her father, Shuck in Detroit, college in Ann Arbor, and her white boyfriend, J.D., to travel to Mississippi to work with One Man, One Vote to get African Americans registered to vote. She finds herself stationed in Pineyville, a small town with few of the modern conveniences to which Celeste is accustomed. The locals are slow to trust this newcomer, but Celeste persists in running the Freedom School and adult voter registration courses at the local church. As summer goes by Celeste gains trust and witnesses tragedy in the small town all while working for Civil Rights and trying to reconcile her world at home with the one she sees in Mississippi.
My Thoughts
This is the second book in a row I've read set in the United States in the 20th century, so unlike me! I found this one on the clearance shelf at Barnes and Noble, the cover really got me ( I always judge books by the cover...). I liked so many things about this book, it is a coming of age story, a civil rights story, a story of parent-child relationships, and a little bit of a love story thrown in.
I really appreciate the struggle Celeste feels when she sees how bad it is for people of her race in Mississippi. She compares it to stepping back in time and realizes her own naivete from the moment she enters the state. She is brave and stays to help despite her fear and has to learn how things are done in the south.
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This is the second book in a row I've read set in the United States in the 20th century, so unlike me! I found this one on the clearance shelf at Barnes and Noble, the cover really got me ( I always judge books by the cover...). I liked so many things about this book, it is a coming of age story, a civil rights story, a story of parent-child relationships, and a little bit of a love story thrown in.
I really appreciate the struggle Celeste feels when she sees how bad it is for people of her race in Mississippi. She compares it to stepping back in time and realizes her own naivete from the moment she enters the state. She is brave and stays to help despite her fear and has to learn how things are done in the south.
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from Amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
To see more from the author, visit the website linked above
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