Introduces young readers to the struggles and sacrifices that young African Americans, especially girls, had to endure in order to attend school and become educated. A Coretta Scott King Honor book. Reprint.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Hachette Children's Group .

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard's grandfather was Cornelius "C. C. " Fitzgerald. His brother Will told stories about their childhood to his daughter Jessie, who passed them along to the author. Inspired by these stories, Elizabeth visited Jonesborough, Tennessee, a town seven miles from where her grandfather grew up. There she learned about a school started by Quakers called the Warner Institute and wrote this story.