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- Freedom School, Yes! A children’s picture book by Amy Littlesugar, illustrated by Floyd Cooper. It was first published January 15, 2001. It is historical fiction, suitable for grades 1-6. There are two pivotal characters. Annie is a young white woman who has come to Mississippi to teach in a freedom school and is staying with Jolie’s family. Jolie is a young Black girl who attends the freedom school. Amy Littlesugar is a Black author who was born in Bermuda and was ten in 1964. She interviewed teachers, volunteers, and folk singers to learn about this time in history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b859e08d13f47748d2e8b9/73e3ce51-d2f7-42d5-9696-bb7752120559/Revolution.jpg Blog - “Unwritten:” How Many Ways Are There to Tell a Story? - Revolution A documentary novel—which uses photos, primary source documents, and song lyrics to provide cultural context for the story—by Deborah Wiles. It was published May 27, 2014. It is historical fiction for young adults, grades 6 - 10, and is set in Greenwood, Mississippi. There are two point-of-view characters. Sunny is a 12-year-old white girl preoccupied with a new stepmother and stepsiblings. Raymond is a Black boy eager for integration. His family is hosting one of the white Freedom Summer volunteers. Deborah is a white author who was eleven years old in 1964. She was born in Mobile, Alabama and spent much of her childhood in Mississippi. As a member of an Air Force Family, she grew up around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b859e08d13f47748d2e8b9/11e61a6c-f862-4fdc-968e-04d1b9fb20ca/BlindMen_WithBorder_50.png Blog - “Unwritten:” How Many Ways Are There to Tell a Story? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b859e08d13f47748d2e8b9/0089af61-0d8b-4dfb-9854-ec14c0a6fe5e/TedPolumbaum_StudentsWithBus_60.jpg Blog - “Unwritten:” How Many Ways Are There to Tell a Story? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b859e08d13f47748d2e8b9/1693b094-2cae-4e99-9d92-24921cfbfb5c/TheFogMachine_Cover_FRONT.jpg Blog - “Unwritten:” How Many Ways Are There to Tell a Story? - The Fog Machine Debut novel by Susan Follett set in Mississippi and Chicago 1954 - 64. Published June 2, 2014. Adult historical fiction suitable for young adults. There are three point-of-view characters. Joan Barnes: 12-year-old white Catholic girl whose parents are northerners. C.J. Evans: young Black Baptist woman who works for the Barnes family before moving to Chicago. Zach Bernstein: Chicago law student and Jewish Freedom Summer volunteer from New York City. Susan is a white author who was twelve in 1964. She grew up in Meridian, MS, home of the largest freedom school. She interviewed Civil Rights Movement veterans, historians, religious leaders, and Mississippi residents to learn about this time in history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b859e08d13f47748d2e8b9/c3417ec4-4ccc-48f3-b445-5639b729ec51/FreedomSummerFictionCollage_25.png Blog - “Unwritten:” How Many Ways Are There to Tell a Story? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b859e08d13f47748d2e8b9/2f887b10-30d6-4c04-b954-192d4e010b61/LongDivision.jpg Blog - “Unwritten:” How Many Ways Are There to Tell a Story? - Long Division This debut novel by Kiese Laymon is metafiction (a style in which characters know they’re part of a work of fiction). First published June 11, 2013, Long Division is historical fiction which visits Mississippi in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and during Freedom Summer, and tackles our long racial divide. Main character Black 14-year-old City Coldson time travels from 2013 post-Katrina to 1985 to 1964 and back. Kiese is a Black author who was born—in 1974, ten years after Freedom Summer—and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b859e08d13f47748d2e8b9/11517056-ad90-4f94-8e8b-a4502e4b3e5d/FreshwaterRoad_Goodreads.jpg Blog - “Unwritten:” How Many Ways Are There to Tell a Story? - Freshwater Road An autobiographical coming-of-age debut novel by Denise Nicholas. It was first published in paperback September 5, 2006. It is historical fiction. Main character Celeste Tyree is a sophomore at the University of Michigan who volunteers for Freedom Summer in Mississippi. She is assigned to help register voters. Denise is a Black author who turned twenty years old during Freedom Summer while performing In White America with the Free Southern Theater throughout Mississippi. 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