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Yankee Girl Paperback – Dec 23 2008

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An unflinching story about racism and culture clash in the 1960s.

The year is 1964, and Alice Ann Moxley's FBI-agent father has been reassigned from Chicago to Jackson, Mississippi, to protect black people who are registering to vote. Alice finds herself thrust into the midst of the racial turmoil that dominates current events, especially when a Negro girl named Valerie Taylor joins her sixth-grade class -- the first of two black students at her new school because of a mandatory integration law.

When Alice finds it difficult to penetrate the clique of girls at school she calls the Cheerleaders (they call her Yankee Girl), she figures Valerie, being the other outsider, will be easier to make friends with. But Valerie isn't looking for friends. Rather, Valerie silently endures harassment from the Cheerleaders, much worse than what Alice is put through. Soon Alice realizes the only way to befriend the girls is to seem like a co-conspirator in their plans to make Valerie miserable.

It takes a horrible tragedy for her to realize the complete ramifications of following the crowd instead of her heart.

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9 - 11 years
Print length

240 pages
Language

English
Grade level

4 - 6
Lexile measure

550L
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13.18 x 1.57 x 19.43 cm
Publication date

Dec 23 2008
ISBN-10

0312535767
ISBN-13

978-0312535766
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"In this impressive debut novel set in 1964, Rodman infuses the familiar struggle of the new girl in town with immediacy, danger and historical relevance. . . . Whether or not readers are familiar with civil rights, they are likely to find this novel memorable because it so strikingly identifies the bravery, cruelty and vulnerability of characters their own age.” ―Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“The honesty of Alice's narrative moves this beyond docu-novel...The real tension is whether Alice can move from being bystander to standing up for what she believes. Rodman shows how hard it is.” ―Booklist

“Rich in detail and lively writing. An important addition to the field.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“Every once in a while, we read a book that changes the way we view the world and how we treat others. For some readers, Yankee Girl just might be that book.” ―The Reading Teacher

“Written in clear language . . . the message is strong.” ―Voice of Youth Advocates

About the Author

MARY ANN RODMAN’s debut novel, Yankee Girl, was chosen as a VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers and an NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. She lives with her family in Alpharetta, Georgia.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Square Fish; 1st edition (Dec 23 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312535767
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312535766
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 191 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.18 x 1.57 x 19.43 cm

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LouAsh

Loved this book...

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Enjoyed trying a completely new author and subject to what I usually read. The characters are all genuine and believable and the story sad but true.

Anna

Couldn't put it down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2019

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Great read for adults young and old. Love the historical setting and newspaper cuttings. Sad to think this was not that long ago

Ciaran Fleming

A touch of history.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2013

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This was a present for my Grandaughter and she loved it! The book prompted an interest in history that will endure.

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George E. Stanley

Stunning Novel of Racial Bigotry in 1964 Mississippi

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Mary Ann Rodman's Yankee Girl is one of the most powerful novels for young people I have ever read. I literally could not put it down. I think I would have felt the force of this book even if I didn't know that the author actually lived this story in 1964 Mississippi - and even if I had never been in Mississippi myself one summer to visit my wife's relatives where I actually felt that "thick syrupy air that smelled of pine sap and cut grass." 1964 was a year of racial turmoil, especially in the Deep South, and Alice Ann Moxley's father, an FBI agent, is sent from Chicago to Jackson, Mississippi, to help deal with the crisis. That means that Alice Ann and her mother are also thrust into an "alien" culture. It's especially difficult for Alice Ann because she has to contend with the students in her sixth-grade class which is just about to be integrated. Mary Ann Rodman has captured, pitch perfect, the clash of cultures: Alice Ann's Chicago life and the life of children of Southern parents who don't want "Yankees" telling them how to deal with their "nigras." The author doesn't try to sanitize any of the language or any of the incredibly mean and hateful behavior toward African-Americans of the time. This is a book which has received a lot of recognition, winning many state awards. It is also a book which has angered a lot of people, but those are people who didn't want their deep-seated racial prejudices exposed. America will never solve its racial problems unless more people like Mary Ann Rodman lift all the rocks and dead tree branches under which bigots hide not only from the light but also from enlightenment.

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