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Witness Author: In this novel set in 1924 Vermont, 11 different characters share their reactions to the fact that a sect of the Ku Klux Klan has been established in their small town. Two of those characters, a 12-year-old African-American girl named Lenora and a six-year-old Jewish girl named Esther, become targets of the Klan's harassment even as other townsfo... more »
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These characters are among the unforgettable cast inhabiting a small vermont town in 1924. A town that turns against its own when the Ku Klux Klan moves in. SCHOLASTIC
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Tale of a town that turns against its own when the KKK moves in. This is a story of a community on the brink of disaster, told through the haunting and impassioned voices of its inhabitants. (paraphrased from back cover)
A great story about the Ku Klux Klan and how it turned neighbor against neighbor in a small town. The story is told thru poetry.
Leanora Sutter.
Esther Hirsh.
Merlin Van Tornhout.
Johnny Reeves...
These characters are among the unforgettable cast inhabiting a small Vermont town in 1924. A town that turns against its own when the Ku Klux Klan moves in. No one is safe, especially the two youngest, twelve-year-old Leanora, an African-American girl, and six-year-old Esther, who is Jewish.
In this story of a community on the brink of disaster, told through the haunting and impassioned voices of its inhabitants, Newbery Award winner Karen Hesse takes readers into the hearts and minds of those who bear witness.
Esther Hirsh.
Merlin Van Tornhout.
Johnny Reeves...
These characters are among the unforgettable cast inhabiting a small Vermont town in 1924. A town that turns against its own when the Ku Klux Klan moves in. No one is safe, especially the two youngest, twelve-year-old Leanora, an African-American girl, and six-year-old Esther, who is Jewish.
In this story of a community on the brink of disaster, told through the haunting and impassioned voices of its inhabitants, Newbery Award winner Karen Hesse takes readers into the hearts and minds of those who bear witness.
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