[MOSAIC] Race, Identity, Relationships and Literature

[gina nunley]

I second

The Cay by Theodore Taylor   excellent novel on individuality overcoming  
race differences

and suggest
The Waton's Go to Birmingham    Very direct statement on a family leaving 
the south to find their identity in the north, but their roots are calling 
them home

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry would be for stronger readers.

Good pic books to introduce the theme

Going North by Janice N. Harrington, Jerome Lagarrigue  Black family leaving 
the south to find a better life up north
The Other Side  by Jacqueline Woodson, E. B. Lewis  Great story of two 
children of different races ignoring the opinions of family and friends to 
"sit on the fence" together.

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