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Crow

By Barbara Wright

By Barbara Wright

By Barbara Wright

By Barbara Wright

By Barbara Wright
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By Barbara Wright
Read by JD Jackson

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Mar 12, 2013 | ISBN 9780375873676 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Jan 10, 2012 | ISBN 9780375982705 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

Audiobook Download $23.00

Jul 09, 2013 | 445 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Crow

    The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He’s growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too. He’s teaching his grandmother how to read. For the first time she’s sharing stories about her life as a slave. And his father and his friends are finally getting the respect and positions of power they’ve earned in the Wilmington, North Carolina, community. But not everyone is happy with the political changes at play and some will do anything, including a violent plot against the government, to maintain the status quo.

    One generation away from slavery, a thriving African American community—enfranchised and emancipated—suddenly and violently loses its freedom in turn-of-the-century North Carolina when a group of local politicians stages the only successful coup d’etat in US history.

    About Crow

    The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He’s growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too. He’s teaching his grandmother how to read. For the first time she’s sharing stories about her life as a slave. And his father and his friends are finally getting the respect and positions of power they’ve earned in the Wilmington, North Carolina, community. But not everyone is happy with the political changes at play and some will do anything, including a violent plot against the government, to maintain the status quo.

    One generation away from slavery, a thriving African American community—enfranchised and emancipated—suddenly and violently loses its freedom in turn of the century North Carolina when a group of local politicians stages the only successful coup d’etat in US history.

    About Crow

    The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He’s growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too. He’s teaching his grandmother how to read. For the first time she’s sharing stories about her life as a slave. And his father and his friends are finally getting the respect and positions of power they’ve earned in the Wilmington, North Carolina, community. But not everyone is happy with the political changes at play and some will do anything, including a violent plot against the government, to maintain the status quo.

    One generation away from slavery, a thriving African American community—enfranchised and emancipated—suddenly and violently loses its freedom in turn of the century North Carolina when a group of local politicians stages the only successful coup d’etat in US history.

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    About Barbara Wright

    BARBARA WRIGHT grew up in North Carolina, and has lived all over the world, from France, to Korea, to El Salvador. She has worked as a fact-checker for Esquire and as a screenwriter. This is her first novel for children.

    About Barbara Wright

    BARBARA WRIGHT grew up in North Carolina, and has lived all over the world, from France, to Korea, to El Salvador. She has worked as a fact-checker for Esquire and as a screenwriter. This is her first novel for children.

    About Barbara Wright

    BARBARA WRIGHT grew up in North Carolina, and has lived all over the world, from France, to Korea, to El Salvador. She has worked as a fact-checker for Esquire and as a screenwriter. This is her first novel for children.

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Yearling
    Mar 12, 2013 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780375873676

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    Jan 10, 2012 | 304 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780375982705

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $23.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Jul 09, 2013 | 445 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780804123945

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    Praise

    Starred Review, School Library Journal, January 1, 2012:
    “The expert blending of vivid historical details with the voice of a courageous, relatable hero makes this book shine.”

    Starred Review, The Horn Book Magazine, January 1, 2012:
    “Wright has taken a little-known event and brought it to vivid life, with a richly evoked setting of a town on the Cape Fear River, where a people not far from the days of slavery look forward to the promise of the twentieth century.”

    Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, December 12, 2011:
    “This thought-provoking novel and its memorable cast offer an unflinching and fresh take on race relations, injustice, and a fascinating, little-known chapter of history.”

    Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2011:
    “Relying on historical records, Wright deftly combines real and fictional characters to produce an intimate story about the Wilmington riots to disenfranchise black citizens. An intensely moving, first-person narrative of a disturbing historical footnote told from the perspective of a very likable, credible young hero.”

    Awards

    ALA Notable Children’s Book NOMINEE 2013

    New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing NOMINEE 2012

    NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies SELECTION 2013

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