A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need to survive.

After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.

Hoping that the arrival of Freedom Riders in her town will help her community shed its antiquated views, thirteen-year-old Billie is forced to confront her own mindset when things turn tragic. "Personally I don't mind them coming here but they might bother some of my customers. Thirteen-year old Billie Sims has heard things like this all her life, from the grocer down the road, from her neighbors at church, from her parents. But Billie never understood...

A series of vignettes reveal life in the Deep South for African Americans as they experience discrimination in a doctor's office, lynching, and other forms of oppression, especially during the 1960s.

As the civil rights movement in the South gains momentum in 1963--and violence against African Americans intensifies--the black residents, including seventh-grader Addie Ann Pickett, in the small town of Kuckachoo, Mississippi, begin their own courageous struggle for racial justice.

"Dzieciństwo nad Missisipi. Tajemnicza wyprawa na cmentarz, ucieczka z domu powrót no własny pogrzeb, tropienie przestępców, poszukiwanie skarbów, wizyta w nawiedzonyn domu, a w przerwach miłosne perypetie -- to całkiem sporo jak na jednego chłopaka. W porównaniu z Sawyerem nawet Batman jest zerem."--Page [4] of cover. "Lektura wraz opracowaniem to znakomita pomoc i inspiracja dla uczniów oraz nauczycieli. Tekst opatrzono wskazówkami...

Examines events that led to lunch counter sit-ins in the United States during the 1960s and their influence, discussing segregation, the Freedom Rides, the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other related topics.

"Open up the world of folk tales, fairy tales, myths, and timeless novels to young readers for the very first time." -- Back cover. "Buried treasure, island hide-outs, and neighborhood pranks--it's always an adventure with Tom Sawyer! Mark Twain's classic Adventures of Tom Sawyer is finally available to younger readers thanks to this thoughtful picture book adaptation. Art by David Leonard seamlessly complements this American classic while infusing...

Three Southern children, two black and one white, escape from their homes during the horrors of the Civil War and, after meeting in the woods, gradually come to rely on each other as they make their way slowly north, enduring hunger, fear, sickness, and constant danger, before arriving in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.