Mississippi Trial, 1955 - Softcover

Chris Crowe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756915678 ISBN 13: 9780756915674

Publisher: Perfection Learning, 2003

Synopsis

Mississippi Trial, 1955 At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer, and Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to "know their place." When Emmett's tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do suc... Full description

About this title

Review:

Will get readers thinking. ("Publishers Weekly")

About the Author:

Chris Crowe is the author of several books, most notably Mississippi Trial, 1955, which won several awards, including the 2003 International Reading Association's Young Adult Novel Award. His nonfiction book, Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, was an Jane Addams Honor book. His first children's book, Just As Good: How Larry Doby Changed America's Game, appeared in 2012. Chris married his high school sweetheart, and they live in Provo, Utah, where he works in the English department at BYU. They are the parents of four children and grandparents of two lovely girls and three handsome boys.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perfection Learning
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0756915678
• ISBN 13: 9780756915674
• Binding: Paperback