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Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Release
Date: September 8, 2004 |
ISBN:
0374326819 |
Awards:
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Format
Reviewed: Hardcover |
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Genre:
Children’s fiction / African American interest [9-12] |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Carisa
Weeaks |
Reviewer
Notes: Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism |
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Going North
By Janice N. Harrington
Pictures
by Jerome Lagarrigul
Life
in the segregated south of the 1960s was poor and stressed for African
Americans, and for one girl and her family, enough is enough. When
Jessie finds out that she and her family are moving north, her imagination
takes off, wondering if the North is really as wonderful and free
as her parents say it is. Not wanting to leave Big Mama and the
only home she’s known, Jessie is reluctant about moving away
up north and leaving her life in Alabama behind. What will happen?
Will they even make it? Will they be able to stop when they need
to or will all the gas stations be labeled “Whites only”
like most of the other places they aren’t allowed in?
This
is a heart-warming story written in poetic form about a girl and
the view-altering changes she has to go through. The storyline is
view-changing and wonderfully true to the situations black families
were faced with in the 1960s and before that when segregation was
unfortunately considered a part of life. The illustrations are vivid
and beautifully done. I highly recommend this book for anyone who
wants a way to enlighten someone about the way that period of time
formed the viewpoint of a young child. |