Brotherhood Contributor(s): Westrick, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142422371 ISBN-13: 9780142422373 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 720 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.60 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Locality - Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 160650 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A powerful and unflinching story of a family caught in the period of Reconstruction. The year is 1867, the South has been defeated, and the American Civil War is over. But the conflict goes on. Yankees now patrol the streets of Richmond, Virginia, and its citizens, both black and white, are struggling to redefine their roles and relationships. By day, fourteen-year-old Shadrach apprentices with a tailor and sneaks off for reading lessons with Rachel, a freed slave, at her school for African-American children. By night he follows his older brother Jeremiah to the meetings of a group whose stated mission is to protect Confederate widows like their mother. But as the true murderous intentions of the group, now known as the Ku Klux Klan, are revealed, Shad finds himself trapped between old loyalties and what he knows is right.
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