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Author:

Mayhew, Anna Jean.

Title:

The dry grass of August / Anna Jean Mayhew.

Publisher:

Kensington Books,

Copyright Date:

©2011

Description:

294 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Segregation--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Self-perception--Fiction.
Adolescence--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Summer--Fiction.
Vacations--Fiction.
Watts, Jubie (Fictitious character)
Luther, Mary (Fictitious character)
Ségrégation--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Racisme--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Racism.
Segregation.
Teenagers--Southern States--Fiction.
African American household employees--Fiction.
Southern States--Race relations--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Coming of age fiction.

Notes:

Includes Q & A with Anna Jean Mayhew (p. 285-289) and A reading group guide (p. 291-294).

Summary:

In 1954, 13-year-old Jubie, traveling with her family and her family's black maid Mary Luther--who has always been there for her, making up for her father's rages and her mother's neglect--encounters racial tension and tragedy.

ISBN:

0758254091
9780758254092

OCLC:

(OCoLC)656451648

LCCN:

2011283329

Locations:

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City) — Copies: 15