Gloriana June Hemphill is looking forward to her annual birthday party at the community pool until she finds out that the pool will be closed for repairs. Glory is upset but she is also confused. Why would the pool close for repairs during the hottest time of the year? The summer of 1964 was a time of great change in America. It was a time when public pools, public libraries, and public water fountains were not available for everyone to enjoy or even use together. Readers can see that summer through the eyes of an innocent young girl. Glory realizes as she listens to her older sister, a new friend from Ohio, a remarkable librarian, and other people in her community that change is coming to her little Southern town. Glory Be is at the barest level the tale of two sisters, Jesslyn and Glory. But as Glory adjusts to an older sister who doesn't want to play childish games anymore like Junk Poker, she finds new friends and looks at old friends and her town with a clearer eye. While books "don't care who reads them" (Glory Be, p. 190), this story is one that many readers will care to read. It is an introduction to the Civil Rights movement that depicts one girl's fictional experience. This Newbery contender is one book that grandparents, parents, and children will want to read and discuss together.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood
Genre: Historical fiction, setting: Hanging Moss, Mississippi during the summer of 1964
Gloriana June Hemphill is looking forward to her annual birthday party at the community pool until she finds out that the pool will be closed for repairs. Glory is upset but she is also confused. Why would the pool close for repairs during the hottest time of the year? The summer of 1964 was a time of great change in America. It was a time when public pools, public libraries, and public water fountains were not available for everyone to enjoy or even use together. Readers can see that summer through the eyes of an innocent young girl. Glory realizes as she listens to her older sister, a new friend from Ohio, a remarkable librarian, and other people in her community that change is coming to her little Southern town. Glory Be is at the barest level the tale of two sisters, Jesslyn and Glory. But as Glory adjusts to an older sister who doesn't want to play childish games anymore like Junk Poker, she finds new friends and looks at old friends and her town with a clearer eye. While books "don't care who reads them" (Glory Be, p. 190), this story is one that many readers will care to read. It is an introduction to the Civil Rights movement that depicts one girl's fictional experience. This Newbery contender is one book that grandparents, parents, and children will want to read and discuss together.
Gloriana June Hemphill is looking forward to her annual birthday party at the community pool until she finds out that the pool will be closed for repairs. Glory is upset but she is also confused. Why would the pool close for repairs during the hottest time of the year? The summer of 1964 was a time of great change in America. It was a time when public pools, public libraries, and public water fountains were not available for everyone to enjoy or even use together. Readers can see that summer through the eyes of an innocent young girl. Glory realizes as she listens to her older sister, a new friend from Ohio, a remarkable librarian, and other people in her community that change is coming to her little Southern town. Glory Be is at the barest level the tale of two sisters, Jesslyn and Glory. But as Glory adjusts to an older sister who doesn't want to play childish games anymore like Junk Poker, she finds new friends and looks at old friends and her town with a clearer eye. While books "don't care who reads them" (Glory Be, p. 190), this story is one that many readers will care to read. It is an introduction to the Civil Rights movement that depicts one girl's fictional experience. This Newbery contender is one book that grandparents, parents, and children will want to read and discuss together.
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