Glory Be

Scattergood, Augusta    Glory Be    

 Scholastic/Grolier/Childrens Press/Watts  2012  202p  $16.99      978-0-545-33180-7   VG-BN    elm/ms      Historical fiction     

In this delightfully written book about friendship, civil rights and segregation in small-town Mississippi in the early 1960s, the first thought that came to my mind was that this was The Help for young readers.  Young Gloriana and her friend Frankie present their view of civil rights workers coming to Hanging Moss, Mississippi, and how desegregation brought about change in their lives and community, as their families approach the "problem" from two very different perspectives. It is well written and engaging, and the author does a super job of making a complex and divisive subject understandable for the young reader.          

VG-BN Lynn Fisher                Race relations, Civil Rights Movement, Prejudice