Excerpts from contemporary newspapers, leaflets and brochures brutally expose Ku Klux Klan hatred and detailStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee instructions on how to react to arrest while on a picket line. In this companion to Countdown (2010) (with returning character Jo Ellen as one of the volunteers), Wiles once again blends a coming-of-age story with pulsating documentary history. When trained volunteers for the Council of Federated Organizations-an amalgam of civil rights groups-flood the town to register black voters and establish schools, their work is met with suspicion and bigotry by whites and fear and welcome by blacks. Raymond, “a colored boy,” is impatient for integration to open the town’s pool, movie theater and baseball field.

Twelve-year-old Sunny, who’s white, cannot accept her new stepmother and stepsiblings. this story is sure to strike a chord with those living through tough times today.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewįreedom Summer in 1964 Mississippi brings both peaceful protest and violence into the lives of two young people. told here in an expert coupling of text and design, is how life endures, even triumphs, no matter how perilous the times.' - HORN BOOK, starred review* 'References to duct tape (then newly invented), McDonald's and other pop culture lend authenticity to this phenomenal story of the beginnings of radical change in America.' - KIRKUS, starred review* 'Wiles palpably recreates the fear kids felt when air-raid sirens and duck-and-cover drills were routine. Praise for THE SIXTIES TRILOGY #1: COUNTDOWN:* 'Wiles skillfully keeps many balls in the air, giving readers a story that appeals across the decades as well as offering enticing paths into the history.' - BOOKLIST, starred review* 'The larger story.

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