Joyce Moyer Hostetter
1) Blue
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When thirteen-year-old Ann Fay Honeycutt's father goes off to fight Hitler, he hands her a pair of blue overalls to become "man of the house." Her feelings are mixed: "Wearing britches so I could take the place of my daddy wasn't the same
as wearing them so I could climb trees." Ann Fay fights her resentment at losing the life she'd known just as she fights to keep the weeds and the blue wisteria from overtaking the family vegetable garden. But...
as wearing them so I could climb trees." Ann Fay fights her resentment at losing the life she'd known just as she fights to keep the weeds and the blue wisteria from overtaking the family vegetable garden. But...
2) Equal
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As social change sweeps across 1950s America, two boys—one white, one Black—discover the power of friendship and the importance of staying true to yourself
It’s the summer of 1959 at the foot of Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends. But Jackie is white, and Thomas...
It’s the summer of 1959 at the foot of Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends. But Jackie is white, and Thomas...