Loretta Little looks back : three voices go tell it! : a monologue novel by Pinkney, Andrea Davis 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 718988 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG F&P: Y

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Family life - Mississippi - Fiction African Americans - Mississippi - Fiction Sharecroppers - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Mississippi - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.

Midnight without a moon by Jackson, Linda Williams 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)

BTSB #: 484827 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 6.6 6-8 Lexile: 870

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Racism - Fiction Mississippi - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.

Sky full of stars by Jackson, Linda Williams 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

BTSB #: 484987 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.7 6-8 Lexile: 780

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Racism - Fiction Family life - Mississippi - Fiction Mississippi - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In Stillwater, Mississippi, in 1955, thirteen-year-old African American Rose Lee Carter looks to her family and friends to understand her place in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.