Mississippi Morning - Softcover

Zee, Ruth Vander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802854974 ISBN 13: 9780802854971

Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co, 2017

Synopsis

A powerful story about racial tensions

It's the middle of the Great Depression, but James William still enjoys his life in rural Mississippi. But his happiness starts to unravel when he discovers the fire that burned down the local preacher's house wasn't an accident, but a hate crime. When his friend LeRoy tells him about the Klan and their hanging tree, James William has a hard time grasping this harsh reality, until an unexpected encounter brings the issue close to home.

A thought-provoking story of one boy's loss of naivete, Mississippi Morning will challenge young readers to question their own assumptions and confront personal decisions.

About this title

About the Authors

Ruth Vander Zee, teacher and writer, is also the author of Erika's Story, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti (Creative Editions). She lives in San Jose, California with her husband.

Floyd Cooper (1956-2021) won many prestigious awards for his illustrations, including the 2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for The Blacker the Berry, written by Joyce Carol Thomas (Amistad), and three previous Coretta Scott King Honors, a Da Vinci Award, and an NAACP Image Honor. Throughout his over thirty-year career, Floyd illustrated more than ninety books, including Unspeakable by Carol Boston Weatherford (Lerner), Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes (HarperCollins), Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation by Pat Sherman (Eerdmans), and Mississippi Morning by Ruth Vander Zee (Eerdmans). Floyd lived in Pennsylvania until his death in 2021.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802854974
• ISBN 13: 9780802854971
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Cooper Floyd
• Number of pages: 32