Glory Be
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780545331814 (0545331811)
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 202
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Novels,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
African American,
Family,
Coming Of Age
What is there to like? ▪ Well-written prose, with a Southern lilt to the (first-person) narration and dialogue. ▪ Although it is written from a white perspective, I don't think it's a White People Solve Racism story. Racism certainly isn't solved by the end of the book, and the "good" white people a...
This debut novel offers a nicely told story with an appealing protagonist but I can't help feeling like I've read all this before.