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English
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History
Race Relations
Children
African Americans
Fiction
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1 views
ISBN
9780152958763
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School & Library Binding
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Carolyn Meyer

Carolyn Meyer (born June 8, 1935) is an American author of novels for children and young adults. The typical genre for her work is historical fiction. She wrote the Young Royals series and contributed to Scholastic's The Royal Diaries series.

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IN THE TIME before we knew that we would be driven away, our lives uprooted, and our people scattered, Grandfather Jim Williams spent every spare minute tending his beautiful garden in Freedomtown...

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Young Rose Lee Jefferson is shocked to learn that the white residents of Dillon, Texas, want to raze the city’s black enclave, Freedomtown, and build a park in its place. Rose Lee and the other residents of Freedomtown cannot bear the thought of losing their homes. But fighting the city’s plans could be costly—or even life-threatening. Will the families of Freedomtown be able to save their thriving community?

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