When I Crossed No-Bob

Kids, Fiction, Historical, Teen, Social Issues
Cover of the book When I Crossed No-Bob by Margaret McMullan, HMH Books
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Author: Margaret McMullan ISBN: 9780547531199
Publisher: HMH Books Publication: April 6, 2009
Imprint: HMH Books for Young Readers Language: English
Author: Margaret McMullan
ISBN: 9780547531199
Publisher: HMH Books
Publication: April 6, 2009
Imprint: HMH Books for Young Readers
Language: English

This novel takes place 10 years after HOW I FOUND THE STRONG ended and deals with the reconstruction and race relations after the war. Told from the point of view of 13 year old Addy, who is abandoned by her redneck family and taken in by Shanks (from STRONG) and his new wife. There Addy learns she can make different decisions than those dictated by her own racist family. Vivid scenes involving the Ku Klux Klan, a school burning and attempted lynching add drama to this riveting coming of age historical novel.
Author, Margaret McMullen captures the hardship and hardscrabble feel of this post-Civil War time as well as the hopeful rebuilding of southern communities.

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This novel takes place 10 years after HOW I FOUND THE STRONG ended and deals with the reconstruction and race relations after the war. Told from the point of view of 13 year old Addy, who is abandoned by her redneck family and taken in by Shanks (from STRONG) and his new wife. There Addy learns she can make different decisions than those dictated by her own racist family. Vivid scenes involving the Ku Klux Klan, a school burning and attempted lynching add drama to this riveting coming of age historical novel.
Author, Margaret McMullen captures the hardship and hardscrabble feel of this post-Civil War time as well as the hopeful rebuilding of southern communities.

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