It's 1964 and Alice has moved to Mississippi from Chicago with her family. Nicknamed 'Yankee Girl' and taunted by the in-crowd at school, Alice soon discovers the other new girl Valerie - one of the school's first black students - has it much worse.
Alice can't stand the way Valerie is treated, and yet she knows she will remain an outsider if she speaks up. It takes a horrible tragedy to finally give Alice the courage to stand up for what she believes.
Set in the Deep South in the 1960s, Yankee Girl is a powerful, resonant and relevant story about racism and doing the right thing.
| ISBN: | 9780746067499 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2005 |
| Author: | Mary Ann Rodman |
| Publisher: | Usborne Publishing Ltd. an imprint of Usborne Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 276 pages |
| Reading age: | 10+ |
| Series: | Usborne Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism PSHE: Bullying and Discrimination |
It's 1964 and Alice has moved to Mississippi from Chicago with her family. Nicknamed 'Yankee Girl' and taunted by the in-crowd at school, Alice soon discovers the other new girl Valerie - one of the school's first black students - has it much worse.Alice can't stand the way Valerie is treated, and yet she knows she will remain an outsider if she speaks up.
Yankee Girl is aimed at readers aged 10 and over.
Yankee Girl features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, PSHE: Bullying and Discrimination
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Yankee Girl was written by Mary Ann Rodman and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. an imprint of Usborne Publishing
Yankee Girl has 276 pages
Yes it is part of Usborne Modern Classics series
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