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Author:

Jackson, Linda Williams, author.

Title:

The lucky ones / Linda Williams Jackson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

308 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

African American children--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Poverty--Juvenile fiction.
Racism--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--1961-1969--Juvenile fiction.
United States--Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

"It's 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He's going to grow up to be a teacher or a lawyer--or maybe both--and live in a big brick house in town. There'll always be enough food in the icebox, and his mama won't have to run herself ragged looking for work as a maid in order to support Ellis Earl and his eight siblings and niece, Vera. So Ellis Earl applies himself at school, soaking up the lessons that Mr. Foster teaches his class--particularly those about famous colored people like Mr. Thurgood Marshall and Miss Marian Wright--and borrowing books from his teacher's bookshelf. When Mr. Foster presents him with a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ellis Earl is amazed to encounter a family that's even worse off than his own--and is delighted by the Buckets' very happy ending. But when Mama tells Ellis Earl that he might need to quit school to help support the family, he wonders if happy endings are only possible in storybooks. Around the historical touchstone of Robert Kennedy's southern "poverty tour," Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell a detail-rich and poignant story with memorable characters, sure to resonate with readers who have ever felt constricted by their circumstances."--From the Publisher.

ISBN:

1536222550
9781536222555

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1260820232

LCCN:

2021947068

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BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

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