Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Children's BooksRelease Date: April 12, 2010
Source: Netgalley.com
It's 1962, a year after the death of Sam's father--he was a war hero--and Sam and her mother must move, along with their very liberal views, to Jackson, Mississippi, her father's conservative hometown. Needless to say, they don't quite fit in.
People like the McLemores fear that Sam, her mother, and her mother's artist friend, Perry, are in the South to "agitate" and to shake up the dividing lines between black and white and blur it all to grey. As racial injustices ensue--sit-ins and run-ins with secret white supremacists--Sam learns to focus with her camera lens to bring forth the social injustice out of the darkness and into the light.
I found this book on Netgalley.com and was quite surprised how good it was. It gives a good view in how it was to live during som very agressive segregations in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962 It really was sad to read that even young people like Stone, the guy Samantha gets a crush on, where very actively involved in abusing people because of the color of their skin. It really issues the always important topic of tolerance.The story was beautiful written by Margareth McMullan, a good pick for younger teens, but it will enjoy readers of every age too.
