| Darby Contributor(s): Fuqua, Jonathon Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763622907 ISBN-13: 9780763622909 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Darby Carmichael and her best friend Evette live in South Carolina in 1926. The girls cannot visit each others' homes because Darby is white and Evette is black--but they don't let that stop them from escaping to the woods to play. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.09" W x 7.64" (0.52 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 58677 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Darby's first-person narrative is frank and immediate . . . expressing what it's like for an ordinary white kid who suddenly discovers evil -- and courage -- where she lives. -- Booklist Darby Carmichael thinks her best friend is probably the smartest person she knows, even though, as Mama says, Evette's school uses worn-out books and crumbly chalk. Whenever they can, Darby and Evette shoot off into the woods beyond the farm to play at being fancy ladies and schoolteachers. One thing Darby has never dreamed of being -- not until Evette suggests it -- is a newspaper girl who writes down the truth for all to read. In no time, and with more than a little assistance from Evette, Darby and her column in the Bennettsville Times are famous in town and beyond. But is Marlboro County, South Carolina, circa 1926, ready for the truth its youngest reporter has to tell? |