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| ISBN: | 0545331803 (ISBN13: 9780545331807) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Mississippi,1964(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 3-6 (2014), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2014), Bluestem Book Award Nominee (2016), SCBWI Crystal Kite Member Choice Award for Southeast (2013) |
Augusta Scattergood
Hardcover | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 3.9 | 5080 Users | 526 Reviews
Details Regarding Books Glory Be
| Title | : | Glory Be |
| Author | : | Augusta Scattergood |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2012 by Scholastic Press |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens. Realistic Fiction. Juvenile |
Narrative Toward Books Glory Be
A Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool.
As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn twelve, there are times when Glory wishes she could turn back the clock a year. Jesslyn, her sister and former confidante, no longer has the time of day for her now that she’ll be entering high school. Then there’s her best friend, Frankie. Things have always been so easy with Frankie, and now suddenly they aren’t. Maybe it’s the new girl from the North that’s got everyone out of sorts. Or maybe it’s the debate about whether or not the town should keep the segregated public pool open.
Augusta Scattergood has drawn on real-life events to create a memorable novel about family, friendship, and choices that aren’t always easy.
As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn twelve, there are times when Glory wishes she could turn back the clock a year. Jesslyn, her sister and former confidante, no longer has the time of day for her now that she’ll be entering high school. Then there’s her best friend, Frankie. Things have always been so easy with Frankie, and now suddenly they aren’t. Maybe it’s the new girl from the North that’s got everyone out of sorts. Or maybe it’s the debate about whether or not the town should keep the segregated public pool open.
Augusta Scattergood has drawn on real-life events to create a memorable novel about family, friendship, and choices that aren’t always easy.
Rating Regarding Books Glory Be
Ratings: 3.9 From 5080 Users | 526 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books Glory Be
As part of my daughter's 6th grade homeschool curriculum, I thought it would be interesting to examine racial oppression in the 60s from two different perspectives. First I read aloud Rita Williams-Garcia's One Crazy Summer, which was fantastic. It's the story of three black sisters who are sent from New York City to Oakland to spend the summer with their Black Panther mother they don't know. After that, I found that I just didn't have the patience for Glory Be. For one thing, hardly a thingWhat is there to like?▪ Well-written prose, with a Southern lilt to the (first-person) narration and dialogue.▪ Although it is written from a white perspective, I don't think it's a White People Solve Racism story. Racism certainly isn't solved by the end of the book, and the "good" white people aren't magically accepted into the black community. Rather, Glory gets only glimpses of the work that the African-American community is doing for themselves through stories from Emma, the cook.▪ Glory's
If someone unfamiliar with American History asked me for a novel that discussed cultural realities of the Civil Rights movement in the small town, White, United States South I would hand him/her this book over The Help, hands down.Glory Be brings to light a lot of really pertinent issues, but does it in a gentle yet realistic way that would make this an ideal class read trying to help kids understand a tense, tumultuous era.
A historical fiction novel set in Mississippi in 1964 about the challenges of desegregating a small town. Glory is 11, soon to be 12, and her favorite thing about summer is hanging out at the community pool. When it closes down due to racial tension brought on by civil rights workers visiting from Ohio she writes a strongly worded letter to the editor of the local newspaper. Glory stands up for what she believes is right and grows up a lot during the summer of 1964. She befriends a girl who's
I've read a lot of Civil Rights related fiction recently, so at first I thought this was just same the old, same old. About halfway through I realized what's different: Glory Be DOES tell the same story, but this time it's framed for a middle-upper elementary audience instead of the middle grades. Nice. There aren't too many of those out there (at least that I've come across).My grandparents had a farm in "Olive Branch, MS" which is about an hour from Memphis; I spent summers there as a little
Title: Glory BeIntermediate1. Reflection: Text to Text, Text to Self, Text to World connection with the book. Text to world connection: In this story, Glory and Miss B were able to stand up for what they felt was right and invite Emma, a colored maid, to the library for a reception. In many countries, they would be sentenced to prison or even death for going against what the government as deemed the norm, even today. In todays news, situations/altercations/etc. are still described as racial
Augusta Scattergood is the probably the coolest author name I've heard in...well, I can't think of a cooler one off the top of my head. Sounds totally made up, but if it's not, well then, it rocks. Now, on to the book.Glory Hemphill's summer of 1964 isn't shaping up too well. Her sister Jesslyn, who only last year was playing Junk Poker with her and talking about how boys were gross, is telling Glory to leave her alone and prissing around mooning over boys. Glory's twelfth birthday is only days
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