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.
Road to Memphis
school & library binding, 304 pages
English language
Published by Tandem Library, Turtleback Books.
Subjects
- Race relations
- People & Places - United States - African-American
- Fiction
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
- Children: Grades 3-4
- Social Issues - Prejudice & Racism
- Prejudices
- Historical - United States - 20th Century
- African Americans
- Mississippi