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Set in a farming community in Florida in 1959, life for fifteen-year-old Dove is just about perfect until problems with the migrant workers and rumors about the KKK begin to make Dove take a second look her community and her very own family.
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Benevolence, Florida, in the late 1950s doesn't seem like it could be the scene of ugly racism and violence. Fifteen-year-old Dove Alderman reads poetry, strolls through her daddy's orange groves, and rides around with Chase Tully in his silver-blue T-bird convertible. So when fires start breaking out in the groves, and nasty spats happen on the streets of Benevolence, the truth is slow to dawn on Dove. Her awakening is agonising, but ultimately freeing.
In this complex and moving novel by Joyce McDonald (Swallowing Stones, Shades of Simon Gray), a privileged teen discovers that the line between right and wrong is often blurry, but important to establish. McDonald delves into the chilling world of the Ku Klux Klan, depicting the fear at the core of the hatred. Dove's education will parallel that of young readers who may not yet comprehend the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which one group can fear and oppress another--even half a century after this story takes place. --Emilie Coulter, Amazon.com
About the Author
Joyce McDonald is the author of many outstanding novels for teens, including Swallowing Stones, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, and Shades of Simon Gray, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a nominee for the Edgar Allan Poe Award. She lives in Blairstown, NJ.
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- PublisherDelacorte Pr
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0385731078
- ISBN 13 9780385731072
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages263
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