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Goin' Someplace Special
by Pat McKissack
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In this story set in the American South of the 1950s, a young African-American girl named 'Tricia Ann is proud when she is allowed to go downtown by herself for the first time on her way to "some place special." Throughout her journey 'Tricia Ann encounters the racism associated with the Jim Crow laws common in the south during those years, but she is also encouraged to continue her journey by the supportive friends she meets. When 'Tricia Ann finally reaches her "some place special" she enters a place her grandmother calls "a doorway to freedom"--the public library. Illustrated with watercolor paintings.
Available editions of Goin' Someplace Special
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9780689818851,
Reinforced Hardcover,
Atheneum,
2001
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9781416927358,
Paperback,
Aladdin Paperbacks,
2008
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Publisher Notes
Set in the South in the 1950s, 'Tricia Ann is delighted to be able to go "someplace special" all by herself, but when she is faced with signs reading "For Whites Only," she must find the courage inside to continue her journey to the public library, where everyone is welcome. A Coretta Scott King Award Book. Reprint.
Media Reviews
"The expressive narration and soft-focus illustrations of this forthrightly purposive book sometimes become oversweet, but there is a solid core of experiential detail in both the pencil sketches...and the social (and personal) history...."
Synopses
In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
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