Crow by Barbara Wright
The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He's growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too. He's teaching his grandmother how to read. For the first time she's sharing stories about her life as a slave. And his father and his friends are finally getting the respect and positions of power they've earned in the Wilmington, North Carolina, community. But not everyone is happy with the political changes at play and some will do anything, including a violent plot against the government, to maintain the status quo.One generation away from slavery, a thriving African American community--enfranchised and emancipated--suddenly and violently loses its freedom in turn-of-the-century North Carolina when a group of local politicians stages the only successful coup d'etat in US history.
Barbara Wright has translated multiple Raymond Queneau novels; indeed, as John Updike put it in The New Yorker, she has waltzed around the floor with the Master so many times that she can follow his odd French movements as if they were in English. Alain Robbe-Grillet, Robert Pinget, Nathalie Sarraute, and Marguerite Duras are among the authors she has translated. She is based in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375873676 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375873678 |
| Title | Crow |
| Author | Barbara Wright |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2013-03-12 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Nominated for ALA Notable Children's Book 2013, Nominated for New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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