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🌅 1970s South

Stories steeped in the American South during a decade of racial reckoning, economic change, and cultural upheaval. These books capture a region caught between its entrenched past and an uncertain, shifting future.
The Last Juror
by John Grisham • 2004
A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.
3.96
110k+
⚖️ Legal Thriller📰 Small-Town Newspaper🤝 Interracial Friendship
The Last Juror Summary
The Last Juror 89%
A new Mississippi paper owner covers a murder trial as a crime family threatens the jury.
by John Grisham 2004
3.96
110k+ ratings
⚖️ Legal Thriller📰 Small-Town Newspaper🤝 Interracial Friendship
The Indicted South
by Angie Maxwell • 2014
How media scorn forged the white South's defiant identity across faith, art, and law.
4.24
17
📖 Southern History🔍 Southern Identity😞 Regional Inferiority
The Indicted South Summary
The Indicted South 88%
How media scorn forged the white South's defiant identity across faith, art, and law.
by Angie Maxwell 2014
4.24
17 ratings
📖 Southern History🔍 Southern Identity😞 Regional Inferiority
Heatwave
by John L. Williams • 2025
A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.
3.89
134
📚 Social History🔍 Microhistory🚔 Race And Policing
Heatwave Summary
Heatwave 88%
A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.
by John L. Williams 2025
3.89
134 ratings
📚 Social History🔍 Microhistory🚔 Race And Policing
The Rotters' Club
by Jonathan Coe • 2001
Birmingham, 1973: four school friends, their rock band, and the IRA bomb that ends a world.
3.96
16k+
🎭 Ensemble Coming-Of-Age🇬🇧 1970s England💔 Unrequited First Love
The Rotters' Club Summary
The Rotters' Club 88%
Birmingham, 1973: four school friends, their rock band, and the IRA bomb that ends a world.
by Jonathan Coe 2001
3.96
16k+ ratings
🎭 Ensemble Coming-Of-Age🇬🇧 1970s England💔 Unrequited First Love
The Politics of Rage
by Dan T. Carter • 1995
A segregationist governor who never reached the White House gave the GOP its winning playbook.
4.23
363
🏛️ Political Biography🌐 Southern Politics⚡ White Backlash
The Politics of Rage Summary
The Politics of Rage 88%
A segregationist governor who never reached the White House gave the GOP its winning playbook.
by Dan T. Carter 1995
4.23
363 ratings
🏛️ Political Biography🌐 Southern Politics⚡ White Backlash
The Long Southern Strategy
by Angie Maxwell • 2019
White grievance, anti-feminism, and evangelicalism fused in the South, then nationalized the GOP.
4.13
136
🗳️ Southern Politics🔄 Political Realignment🎭 Racial Politics
The Long Southern Strategy Summary
The Long Southern Strategy 88%
White grievance, anti-feminism, and evangelicalism fused in the South, then nationalized the GOP.
by Angie Maxwell 2019
4.13
136 ratings
🗳️ Southern Politics🔄 Political Realignment🎭 Racial Politics
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner • 2013
A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.
3.51
25k+
🎨 1970s Art World💫 Artist And Muse💰 Old Money Family
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers 87%
A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.
by Rachel Kushner 2013
3.51
25k+ ratings
🎨 1970s Art World💫 Artist And Muse💰 Old Money Family
The Quarry Girls
by Jess Lourey • 2022
1977 Minnesota: a girl vanishes into the tunnels beneath town, where the sheriff buries his secrets.
4.01
130k+
🏘️ Small Town Thriller🔍 Missing Girl🤫 Small Town Secrets
The Quarry Girls Summary
The Quarry Girls 87%
1977 Minnesota: a girl vanishes into the tunnels beneath town, where the sheriff buries his secrets.
by Jess Lourey 2022
4.01
130k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Thriller🔍 Missing Girl🤫 Small Town Secrets
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee • 2015
Home from New York, a young woman finds her father, her moral hero, sitting with segregationists.
3.31
293k+
🖋️ Southern Literary Fiction🗳️ Civil Rights Era🏛️ Fallen Idol
Go Set a Watchman Summary
Go Set a Watchman 87%
Home from New York, a young woman finds her father, her moral hero, sitting with segregationists.
by Harper Lee 2015
3.31
293k+ ratings
🖋️ Southern Literary Fiction🗳️ Civil Rights Era🏛️ Fallen Idol
Mary Jane
by Jessica Anya Blau • 2021
A sheltered Baltimore teen spends one summer nannying for a family hiding a famous rock star.
4.12
115k+
📅 1970s Coming Of Age🏠 Bohemian Household🩷 Found Family
Mary Jane Summary
Mary Jane 87%
A sheltered Baltimore teen spends one summer nannying for a family hiding a famous rock star.
by Jessica Anya Blau 2021
4.12
115k+ ratings
📅 1970s Coming Of Age🏠 Bohemian Household🩷 Found Family
The Travelers
by Regina Porter • 2019
Two families, bound by love and divided by race, navigate five decades of the American century.
3.60
4k+
🔗 Interlocking Narratives🌳 Generational Saga🫂 Found Family
The Travelers Summary
The Travelers 87%
Two families, bound by love and divided by race, navigate five decades of the American century.
by Regina Porter 2019
3.60
4k+ ratings
🔗 Interlocking Narratives🌳 Generational Saga🫂 Found Family
Grand Opening
by Carl Weber • 2015
Four brothers, one gas station, and the 1970s Georgia underworld that wants to swallow them whole.
4.57
2k+
🏙️ Street Lit👨‍👩‍👦 Family Crime Saga👑 Survivor To Queen
Grand Opening Summary
Grand Opening 87%
Four brothers, one gas station, and the 1970s Georgia underworld that wants to swallow them whole.
by Carl Weber 2015
4.57
2k+ ratings
🏙️ Street Lit👨‍👩‍👦 Family Crime Saga👑 Survivor To Queen
Ghost Town
by Tom Perrotta • 2026
A boy's summer of grief cracks open the secrets his suburban town tried to bury.
3.69
3k+
🏘️ Suburban Coming Of Age💔 Grief And Guilt👻 Haunting
Ghost Town Summary
Ghost Town 87%
A boy's summer of grief cracks open the secrets his suburban town tried to bury.
by Tom Perrotta 2026
3.69
3k+ ratings
🏘️ Suburban Coming Of Age💔 Grief And Guilt👻 Haunting
I'll Watch Your Baby
by Neena Viel • 2026
In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.
3.57
437
🏚️ Southern Gothic🩸 Generational Trauma🏠 Haunted House
I'll Watch Your Baby Summary
I'll Watch Your Baby 87%
In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.
by Neena Viel 2026
3.57
437 ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic🩸 Generational Trauma🏠 Haunted House
Southern Politics In State and Nation
by V.O. Key Jr. • 1949
One party masks a hundred factions; the only unity is Black voter suppression.
4.32
100
🏛️ Southern Politics🗳️ One-Party Rule✋ Voter Suppression
Southern Politics In State and Nation Summary
Southern Politics In State and Nation 87%
One party masks a hundred factions; the only unity is Black voter suppression.
by V.O. Key Jr. 1949
4.32
100 ratings
🏛️ Southern Politics🗳️ One-Party Rule✋ Voter Suppression
A Childhood
by Harry Crews • 1978
By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.
4.34
3k+
🏚️ Rural Poverty🌾 Southern Memoir🩸 Childhood Trauma
A Childhood Summary
A Childhood 87%
By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.
by Harry Crews 1978
4.34
3k+ ratings
🏚️ Rural Poverty🌾 Southern Memoir🩸 Childhood Trauma
White Flight
by Kevin M. Kruse • 2005
How Atlanta's white flight invented modern conservatism, one homeowners' association at a time.
4.28
1k+
🏙️ Urban History🌊 White Flight🐘 Modern Conservatism
White Flight Summary
White Flight 87%
How Atlanta's white flight invented modern conservatism, one homeowners' association at a time.
by Kevin M. Kruse 2005
4.28
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban History🌊 White Flight🐘 Modern Conservatism
Spying on the South
by Tony Horwitz • 2019
America's red-blue fault line was forged in the 1850s South. Retracing Olmsted's journey proves it.
4.00
5k+
🚙 American Travelogues⛓️ Antebellum South⚡ Political Polarization
Spying on the South Summary
Spying on the South 87%
America's red-blue fault line was forged in the 1850s South. Retracing Olmsted's journey proves it.
by Tony Horwitz 2019
4.00
5k+ ratings
🚙 American Travelogues⛓️ Antebellum South⚡ Political Polarization
Rough Country
by Robert Wuthnow • 2014
How Texas's frontier faith became the engine of America's conservative political machine.
3.77
26
🤠 Texas History⛪ Religious History🗳️ Southern Politics
Rough Country Summary
Rough Country 87%
How Texas's frontier faith became the engine of America's conservative political machine.
by Robert Wuthnow 2014
3.77
26 ratings
🤠 Texas History⛪ Religious History🗳️ Southern Politics
The Amulet
by Michael McDowell • 1979
A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.
3.92
3k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic🏘️ Small Town Horror💎 Cursed Object
The Amulet Summary
The Amulet 87%
A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.
by Michael McDowell 1979
3.92
3k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic🏘️ Small Town Horror💎 Cursed Object
The Rise of Southern Republicans
by Black • 2002
Black Democrats and white Republicans made an unlikely alliance to redraw the South. It worked.
3.93
81
🗳️ Southern Politics🔄 Electoral Realignment⚖️ Racial Polarization
The Rise of Southern Republicans Summary
The Rise of Southern Republicans 87%
Black Democrats and white Republicans made an unlikely alliance to redraw the South. It worked.
by Black 2002
3.93
81 ratings
🗳️ Southern Politics🔄 Electoral Realignment⚖️ Racial Polarization
Paths Out of Dixie
by Robert Mickey • 2015
The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.
4.36
39
📍 Southern Politics🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes🗳️ Voting Rights
Paths Out of Dixie Summary
Paths Out of Dixie 87%
The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.
by Robert Mickey 2015
4.36
39 ratings
📍 Southern Politics🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes🗳️ Voting Rights
The List of Suspicious Things
by Jennie Godfrey • 2024
A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.
4.13
49k+
🕵️ Child Sleuth🤫 Small Town Secrets🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse
The List of Suspicious Things Summary
The List of Suspicious Things 87%
A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.
by Jennie Godfrey 2024
4.13
49k+ ratings
🕵️ Child Sleuth🤫 Small Town Secrets🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse
Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan • 2008
A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.
4.06
71k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic⛓️ Jim Crow South🌾 Sharecropper Life
Mudbound Summary
Mudbound 87%
A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.
by Hillary Jordan 2008
4.06
71k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic⛓️ Jim Crow South🌾 Sharecropper Life
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
by C. Vann Woodward • 1955
Jim Crow: a system built in the 1890s, started in the North, and never inevitable.
4.14
3k+
🏗️ Reconstruction Era🚂 Jim Crow Era🏚️ Southern History
The Strange Career of Jim Crow Summary
The Strange Career of Jim Crow 87%
Jim Crow: a system built in the 1890s, started in the North, and never inevitable.
by C. Vann Woodward 1955
4.14
3k+ ratings
🏗️ Reconstruction Era🚂 Jim Crow Era🏚️ Southern History
Where the Rivers Merge
by Mary Alice Monroe • 2025
At eighty-eight, Eliza must give her plantation to a stranger, or her son will sell it.
4.28
16k+
👵 Multigenerational Saga🌾 Lowcountry👭 Interracial Friendship
Where the Rivers Merge Summary
Where the Rivers Merge 87%
At eighty-eight, Eliza must give her plantation to a stranger, or her son will sell it.
by Mary Alice Monroe 2025
4.28
16k+ ratings
👵 Multigenerational Saga🌾 Lowcountry👭 Interracial Friendship
Cold Sassy Tree
by Olive Ann Burns • 1984
A Georgia patriarch's hasty remarriage scandalizes the town, forcing his grandson to grow up fast.
4.02
106k+
⏳ Early 1900s🍑 Georgia Fiction📖 Adolescent Narrator
Cold Sassy Tree Summary
Cold Sassy Tree 86%
A Georgia patriarch's hasty remarriage scandalizes the town, forcing his grandson to grow up fast.
by Olive Ann Burns 1984
4.02
106k+ ratings
⏳ Early 1900s🍑 Georgia Fiction📖 Adolescent Narrator
Bruce Lee
by Bruce Lee • 2001
A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.
4.21
1k+
🏙️ Midcentury America🧒 American Childhood📷 Nostalgia Memoir
Bruce Lee Summary
Bruce Lee 86%
A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.
by Bruce Lee 2001
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Midcentury America🧒 American Childhood📷 Nostalgia Memoir
William Faulkner
by André Bleikasten • 2017
His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.
4.23
13
📖 Literary Biography🌳 Southern Literature🌀 Stream Of Consciousness
William Faulkner Summary
William Faulkner 86%
His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.
by André Bleikasten 2017
4.23
13 ratings
📖 Literary Biography🌳 Southern Literature🌀 Stream Of Consciousness
My Life
by Bill Clinton • 2004
A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.
3.74
50k+
🏛️ Presidential Memoirs🗳️ Retail Politics🌱 Political Coming Of Age
My Life Summary
My Life 86%
A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.
by Bill Clinton 2004
3.74
50k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential Memoirs🗳️ Retail Politics🌱 Political Coming Of Age
Lake Effect
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2026
A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.
3.87
17k+
🏘️ Suburban Family Saga💋 Secret Affair🚪 Closeted Husband
Lake Effect Summary
Lake Effect 86%
A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2026
3.87
17k+ ratings
🏘️ Suburban Family Saga💋 Secret Affair🚪 Closeted Husband
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913
by C. Vann Woodward • 1951
After 1877 the South was remade: industrialists allied with the North and made racial exclusion law
4.11
240
🏛️ Post-Reconstruction⛓️ Jim Crow🗳️ Voter Suppression
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 Summary
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 86%
After 1877 the South was remade: industrialists allied with the North and made racial exclusion law
by C. Vann Woodward 1951
4.11
240 ratings
🏛️ Post-Reconstruction⛓️ Jim Crow🗳️ Voter Suppression
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett • 2009
In 1962 Mississippi, a white debutante and two Black maids risk everything to tell the truth.
4.47
3.1M+
🏚️ Jim Crow South🧹 Domestic Workers🤝 Cross-Racial Friendship
The Help Summary
The Help 86%
In 1962 Mississippi, a white debutante and two Black maids risk everything to tell the truth.
by Kathryn Stockett 2009
4.47
3.1M+ ratings
🏚️ Jim Crow South🧹 Domestic Workers🤝 Cross-Racial Friendship
The Vital South
by Earl Black • 1992
How the white South left the Democrats and built a Republican lock on the presidency.
3.83
12
🗺️ Southern Politics🏛️ Electoral College🔄 Political Realignment
The Vital South Summary
The Vital South 86%
How the white South left the Democrats and built a Republican lock on the presidency.
by Earl Black 1992
3.83
12 ratings
🗺️ Southern Politics🏛️ Electoral College🔄 Political Realignment
Mother of Pearl
by Melinda Haynes • 1999
A Black orphan and a white girl, both abandoned, search for home in 1956 Mississippi.
3.70
21k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic🛑 Jim Crow South🫂 Found Family
Mother of Pearl Summary
Mother of Pearl 86%
A Black orphan and a white girl, both abandoned, search for home in 1956 Mississippi.
by Melinda Haynes 1999
3.70
21k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic🛑 Jim Crow South🫂 Found Family
Hang the Moon
by Jeannette Walls • 2023
Banished as a child, a bootlegger's daughter returns to claim his empire from a pious half-sister.
3.81
84k+
🥃 Prohibition Era👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga🏠 Prodigal Daughter
Hang the Moon Summary
Hang the Moon 86%
Banished as a child, a bootlegger's daughter returns to claim his empire from a pious half-sister.
by Jeannette Walls 2023
3.81
84k+ ratings
🥃 Prohibition Era👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga🏠 Prodigal Daughter
The Water Is Wide
by Pat Conroy • 1972
The island kids couldn't tell time. Their teacher drove them to Washington.
4.17
27k+
📚 Teaching Memoir⚖️ School Inequality🌴 American South
The Water Is Wide Summary
The Water Is Wide 86%
The island kids couldn't tell time. Their teacher drove them to Washington.
by Pat Conroy 1972
4.17
27k+ ratings
📚 Teaching Memoir⚖️ School Inequality🌴 American South
From the New Deal to the New Right
by Joseph E. Lowndes • 2008
The Right's blueprint was born in 1948: link racial resentment to antigovernment economics and wait.
3.85
61
🐘 American Conservatism🗳️ Southern Politics🔄 Political Realignment
From the New Deal to the New Right Summary
From the New Deal to the New Right 86%
The Right's blueprint was born in 1948: link racial resentment to antigovernment economics and wait.
by Joseph E. Lowndes 2008
3.85
61 ratings
🐘 American Conservatism🗳️ Southern Politics🔄 Political Realignment
One Good Mama Bone
by Bren McClain • 2017
A poor widow raises her dead friend's boy, guided by a cow's fierce, wordless love.
4.33
2k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic🐄 Animal Human Bond👩‍👦 Reluctant Motherhood
One Good Mama Bone Summary
One Good Mama Bone 86%
A poor widow raises her dead friend's boy, guided by a cow's fierce, wordless love.
by Bren McClain 2017
4.33
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic🐄 Animal Human Bond👩‍👦 Reluctant Motherhood
Mile Marker Zero
by William McKeen • 2011
1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.
3.93
567
🏝️ Island Life🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle✌️ Counterculture
Mile Marker Zero Summary
Mile Marker Zero 86%
1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.
by William McKeen 2011
3.93
567 ratings
🏝️ Island Life🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle✌️ Counterculture
Freak Kingdom
by Timothy Denevi • 2018
Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.
4.26
567
🧪 Gonzo Journalism🇺🇸 Us Political History✍️ Literary Biography
Freak Kingdom Summary
Freak Kingdom 86%
Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.
by Timothy Denevi 2018
4.26
567 ratings
🧪 Gonzo Journalism🇺🇸 Us Political History✍️ Literary Biography
The Book of Lost Friends
by Lisa Wingate • 2020
1875: a Black woman rides west searching for stolen family, collecting lost names in a book.
4.15
124k+
🏚️ Post-Civil War South⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative💔 Lost Family Reunions
The Book of Lost Friends Summary
The Book of Lost Friends 86%
1875: a Black woman rides west searching for stolen family, collecting lost names in a book.
by Lisa Wingate 2020
4.15
124k+ ratings
🏚️ Post-Civil War South⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative💔 Lost Family Reunions
All the Forgivenesses
by Elizabeth Hardinger • 2019
After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.
4.25
21k+
🌾 Rural Historical🇺🇸 Early 1900s America👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden
All the Forgivenesses Summary
All the Forgivenesses 86%
After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.
by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019
4.25
21k+ ratings
🌾 Rural Historical🇺🇸 Early 1900s America👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden
The Kingdoms of Savannah
by George Dawes Green • 2022
A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.
3.68
7k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic📖 Literary Mystery🏛️ Buried History
The Kingdoms of Savannah Summary
The Kingdoms of Savannah 86%
A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.
by George Dawes Green 2022
3.68
7k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic📖 Literary Mystery🏛️ Buried History
Strangers in Their Own Land
by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2016
Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.
4.12
18k+
🇺🇸 American Conservatism🧱 Political Polarization🏭 Environmental Justice
Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
Strangers in Their Own Land 86%
Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016
4.12
18k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Conservatism🧱 Political Polarization🏭 Environmental Justice
Southern Nation
by David A. Bateman • 2018
After Reconstruction, the white South ran Congress and built white supremacy into American law.
3.38
13
📜 Jim Crow Era🗳️ Southern Politics🏛️ Congressional History
Southern Nation Summary
Southern Nation 86%
After Reconstruction, the white South ran Congress and built white supremacy into American law.
by David A. Bateman 2018
3.38
13 ratings
📜 Jim Crow Era🗳️ Southern Politics🏛️ Congressional History
Most Dangerous
by Steve Sheinkin • 2015
After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.
4.20
6k+
🕵️ Whistleblowing🔒 Government Secrecy🇻🇳 Vietnam War
Most Dangerous Summary
Most Dangerous 86%
After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.
by Steve Sheinkin 2015
4.20
6k+ ratings
🕵️ Whistleblowing🔒 Government Secrecy🇻🇳 Vietnam War
Issue Evolution
by Edward G. Carmines • 1989
Parties don't flip in one election. Race reshaped American politics through decades of evolution.
3.22
23
🏛️ Congressional Politics⚖️ Race And Politics📋 Agenda Setting
Issue Evolution Summary
Issue Evolution 86%
Parties don't flip in one election. Race reshaped American politics through decades of evolution.
by Edward G. Carmines 1989
3.22
23 ratings
🏛️ Congressional Politics⚖️ Race And Politics📋 Agenda Setting
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng • 2014
She was the daughter they pinned their hopes on. The lake knew what they never asked.
3.83
622k+
🧬 Biracial Family🏘️ Small Town Secrets😰 Parental Expectations
Everything I Never Told You Summary
Everything I Never Told You 86%
She was the daughter they pinned their hopes on. The lake knew what they never asked.
by Celeste Ng 2014
3.83
622k+ ratings
🧬 Biracial Family🏘️ Small Town Secrets😰 Parental Expectations
Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson • 2014
Before she could read, she wrote. A Black girlhood in verse across the South and Brooklyn.
4.15
94k+
🎭 Memoir In Verse🏚️ Jim Crow South✍️ Young Writers
Brown Girl Dreaming Summary
Brown Girl Dreaming 86%
Before she could read, she wrote. A Black girlhood in verse across the South and Brooklyn.
by Jacqueline Woodson 2014
4.15
94k+ ratings
🎭 Memoir In Verse🏚️ Jim Crow South✍️ Young Writers
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