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Nov 24, 2003 | ISBN 9780142501924 | Young Adult Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
May 27, 2002 | ISBN 9781440650314 | Young Adult Buy
Jan 08, 2019 | 364 Minutes | Young Adult Buy
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Nov 24, 2003 | ISBN 9780142501924 | Young Adult
May 27, 2002 | ISBN 9781440650314 | Young Adult
Jan 08, 2019 | ISBN 9780525628033 | Young Adult
364 Minutes
Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel. This gripping read is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation’s most notorious crimes that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer. Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to “know their place.” When Emmett’s tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing. But what will it cost him to know?
As the fiftieth anniversary approaches, there’s a renewed interest in this infamous 1955 murder case, which made a lasting mark on American culture, as well as the future Civil Rights Movement. Chris Crowe’s IRA Award-winning novel and his gripping, photo-illustrated nonfiction work are currently the only books on the teenager’s murder written for young adults.
Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel. This gripping story is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation’s most notorious crimes that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer. Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to “know their place.” When Emmett’s tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing. But what will it cost him to know?
Chris Crowe was born in Danville, Illinois, and attended schools in Illinois, New Mexico, and California before his parents settled down in Tempe, Arizona, where he graduated from McKemy Junior High and McClintock High School. He attended Brigham Young University… More about Chris Crowe
“Will get readers thinking.”–Publishers Weekly“Teen readers will find themselves caught up in Hiram’s very real struggle to do the right thing.”–Kirkus Reviews“This book belongs in all collections to show young readers the full range of American history.”–School Library Journal “This is a thoughtful story that rises above a mere retelling of one episode in the South’s racist past.”–Children’s Literature
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