Midnight Without a Moon

Midnight Without a Moon

by Linda Williams Jackson

Rose Lee Carter, an African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955. Her world is rocked when an African-American boy, Emmett Till, is killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. A powerful middle-grade debut perfect for readers who enjoyed The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Brown Girl Dreaming.


Ages: 7-12
ISBN: 9780544785106
Price: $16.99
Published by: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers
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