Nate Powell
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967 Texas, against the backdrop of the fight for civil rights. A white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston's color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.