Cover Image

Yankee girl /

When her FBI-agent father is transferred to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964, eleven-year-old Alice wants to be popular but also wants to reach out to the one black girl in her class in a newly-integrated school.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rodman, Mary Ann
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Race relations > Fiction.
School integration > Fiction.
Schools > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Civil rights workers > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Mississippi > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
School integration > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights workers > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Description
Summary:When her FBI-agent father is transferred to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964, eleven-year-old Alice wants to be popular but also wants to reach out to the one black girl in her class in a newly-integrated school.
Physical Description:219 pages ; 22 cm.
Awards:Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2005.
ISBN:0374386617