Alligator Bayou 9780385746540 Used / Pre-owned

from lilibrarian

Calogero lives in Tallulah , Louisiana with his 4 uncles and his cousin. Two more cousins live in a nearby town. The only Sicilians in the entire Parish, they operate grocery stores and a fruit stand. Prejudice, jealousy and fear in a strictly segregated society cause a violent reaction. Based on...

from jenniferthomp75

Haunting tale about what happened to some Sicilian immigrants in the late 1800s in southern America. The book opened my eyes to a tragedy that I had never heard about and it did so in a moving, well-paced way. The author's note in the back has other article recommendations for further reading. De...

from nbmars

This story is based on real events in Tallulah, Louisiana in 1899. It is generally well known that the 1890's saw the rise of anti-black backlash in the American South. But what is not such common knowledge is that at the same time, Italian immigration to the U.S. South gave rise to extreme nativ...

from thewindowseatreader

Since the book was young adult (closer to middle grades fiction, I would guess), the prose was basic, straightforward, and very easy to read. I could have read this in a few hours, but for some reason it just did not flow like that. Calo is a sweet boy with a heart for family and friends, but I f...

from DCHAT

This book is a very good one. It explores the life of Calegro with such intensity that you cannot put the book down. He struggles with the Jim Crow laws and his uncles. His life is very hard and you will see how hard it was when Jim Crow laws were active.