As social change sweeps across 1950s America, two boysone white, one Blackdiscover the power of friendship and the importance of staying true to yourself Its the summer of 1959 at the foot of Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends. But Jackie is white, and Thomas is Blackand Jackie quickly learns their growing friendship wontbe easy. Affected by the growing civil rights movement, Jackie is intent on being Thomass friend and, as a result, experiences racism and prejudice first-hand through bullying at school, family turmoil, and pressure from his community. Can Jackie free both his conscience and his voiceand ultimately do what's right? A touching historical fiction tale about friendship and racial inequality, Equal is the fifth and final title in the popular Bakers Mountain Stories series.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Bakers Mountain Stories .

This book is aimed at children at US 4th grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by Astra Publishing House .

Joyce Moyer Hostetter is the author of historical novels, including Blue , winner of the International Reading Association Children's Book Award. She lives with her husband in Hickory, North Carolina, close to her two adult children and nine grandchildren.