River, Cross My Heart
by:
Breena Clarke (author)
ISBN:
9780759540071 (0759540071)
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
African American,
Drama,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary
This story takes place in the black section of Georgetown in the 1920s. Johnnie Rae Byrum is a 12 yo girl who loses track of her young sister Clara at the Potomoc River and the young girl drowns. The drowning affects the entire family and looms in the background with every move they make in the co...