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The dry grass of August / Anna Jean Mayhew.

Mayhew, Anna Jean, (author.).

Summary:

In 1954, 13-year-old Jubie, traveling with her family and her family's black maid Mary Luther--who has always been there for her, making up for her father's rages and her mother's neglect--encounters racial tension and tragedy.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780758254092
  • ISBN: 0758254091
  • ISBN: 9781496742728
  • ISBN: 1496742729
  • Physical Description: 296 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Kensington Books, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes Q & A with Anna Jean Mayhew and A reading group guide.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.1 10 144061.

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Subject:
Segregation > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Teenagers > Southern States > Fiction.
African American household employees > Fiction.
Racism.
Southern States > Race relations > Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

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  • 57 of 65 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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Rutherford County Library F May (Text) 38801101431382 Adult Fiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library FIC Mayhew (Text) 31010000665945 Adult Fiction Available -
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Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F MAYHEW (Text) 39493106882964 Adult Fiction Available -
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