Wheeler Large Print Hardcover: Whistling Past the Graveyard (Hardcover)

from Iambookish

I have never read anything by this author before and now I'm wondering why not! The story was fantastic and her characters jumped off the page fully formed with a clear picture of them forming in my mind almost as soon as they opened their mouths. I began reading this with no preconceived notions...

from khiemstra631

The year is 1963, and Starla Claudelle runs away from her grandmother's house, striking out for Nashville, TN where her mother lives. She accepts a ride along the way from Eula, a black woman driving an old rattletrap truck. They go to Eula's to spend the night and eventually strike out for Nashv...

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WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD by Susan Crandall I was a white, Northern, college girl who had always attended integrated schools in 1963when this book takes place. I was shocked at the historically correct, blatant, racism portrayed in this book of southern Mississippi. If you are offended or trig...

from bibliobeck

I really enjoyed this book - my read of the year so far. It reminded me of 'The Help' but really I think I'm drawing very superficial comparisons. We hear the story through the voice of Starla, a fiercely independent 9-year-old girl living in Mississippi with her grandmother. Starla has a keen se...

from Romonko

This is a coming-of-age story that will stay with you for awhile. Little nine year old Starla Claudelle will steal your heart away from the first page. The setting is summer 1963 in Mississippi. Segregation is in full force, and civil rights demonstrations are just beginning. Starla is being rais...