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White Lilacs Paperback - 2007
by Carolyn Meyer
In 1921 in Dillon, Texas, 12-year-old Rose Lee Jefferson sees trouble threatening her black community when the whites decide to take the land there for a park and forcibly relocate the black families to an ugly stretch of territory outside the town. Includes a reader's guide.
Summary
Young Rose Lee Jefferson is shocked to learn that the white residents of Dillon, Texas, want to raze the city’s black enclave, Freedomtown, and build a park in its place. Rose Lee and the other residents of Freedomtown cannot bear the thought of losing their homes. But fighting the city’s plans could be costlyor even life threatening. Will the families of Freedomtown be able to save their thriving community?
Includes a reader's guide.
First line
IN THE TIME before we knew that we would be driven away, our lives uprooted, and our people scattered, Grandfather Jim Williams spent every spare minute tending his beautiful garden in Freedomtown.
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- Title White Lilacs
- Author Carolyn Meyer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books, Orlando, Florida
- Date January 1, 2007
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9780152058517 / 0152058516
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7 x 4.5 x 0.7 in (17.78 x 11.43 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 990
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1920's
- Cultural Region: Mid-South
- Cultural Region: South
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Texas
- Library of Congress subjects Race relations, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006043395
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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"Meyer's writing style is accessible and engaging, making this a good read or an easy curriculum connection to the multicultural mainstream."--Booklist
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