The road to Memphis
About this book
In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
Subjects
- african americans
- african americans, fiction
- blacks
- children's fiction
- coretta scott king award
- fiction
- fiction, historical, general
- juvenile fiction
- mississippi, fiction
- new york times reviewed
- prejudices
- prejudices, fiction
- race relations
- race relations, fiction
- tennessee, fiction
- travel, fiction
- young adult fiction / boys & men
- young adult fiction / girls & women
- young adult fiction / historical / united states / 20th century
- young adult fiction / social themes / friendship
- young adult fiction / social themes / prejudice & racism
- young adult fiction / social themes / values & virtues