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02991aam a22004818i 4500 001 4E39E1DA6EBE11ECB7BFFA2454ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220106010016 007 tb 008 210803t20212021meu ed 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021038210 020 $a 1432893432 020 $a 9781432893439 035 $a (OCoLC)1263247110 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OJ4 $d FM0 $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PS3610.A355526 $b W47 2021b 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Jackson-Brown, Angela, $d 1968- $e author. 245 10 $a When stars rain down : $b a novel / $c Angela Jackson-Brown. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2021. 300 $a 493 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 490 1 $a Thorndike Press large print Black voices 520 $a "18-year-old Opal is a young Black woman working as a housekeeper in a small Southern town in the 1930s--and then the Klan descends. A moving story that confronts America's tragic past, When Stars Rain Down is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. This summer has the potential to change everything. The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt senses a nameless storm brewing. She hopes this foreboding feeling won't overshadow her upcoming 18th birthday or the annual Founder's Day celebration in just a few weeks. She and her Grandma Birdie work as housekeepers for the white widow Miss Peggy, and Opal desperately wants some time to be young and carefree with her cousins and friends. But when the Ku Klux Klan descends on Opal's neighborhood, the tight-knit community is shaken in every way possible. Parsons's residents--both Black and white--are forced to acknowledge the unspoken codes of conduct in their post-Reconstruction era town. To complicate matters, Opal finds herself torn between two unexpected romantic interests--the son of her pastor, Cedric Perkins, and the white grandson of the woman she works for, Jimmy Earl Ketchums. Both young men awaken emotions Opal has never felt before. Faced with love, loss, and a harsh awakening to an ugly world, Opal holds tight to her family and faith--and the hope for change"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Race relations $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African American teenagers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Segregation $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Violence $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Communities $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Southern States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Christian fiction. $2 lcgft 830 0 $a Thorndike Press Large Print Black Voices. 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014021.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220517010411.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20220302010604.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4E39E1DA6EBE11ECB7BFFA2454ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search