How High the Moon
Eleven-year-old Ella seeks information about her father while enjoying a visit with her mother, a jazz singer, in Boston in 1944, then returns to the harsh realities of segregated, small-town South Carolina.
In the small town of Alcolu, South Carolina, in 1944, eleven-year-old Ella spends her days fishing and running around with her best friend Henry and cousin Myrna. But life is not always so sunny for Ella, who gets bullied for her light skin tone and whose mother is away pursuing a jazz singer dream in Boston.
So Ella is ecstatic when her mother invites her to visit for Christmas. Little does she expect the truths she will discover about her mother, the father she never knew and her family's most unlikely history.
And after a life-changing month, she returns south and is shocked by the news that her schoolmate George has been arrested for the murder of two local white girls.
| SKU | 120564 |
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| ISBN | 9780316484015 |
| Language | English |
| Page Count | 320 |
| Product Type | Paperback Books |
| Book Type | Middle Grade Novels |
| Primary Contributor | Karyn Parsons |
| Age Groups | Ages 7 to 9, Ages 10 to 12 |
| Publisher | HBG - Hachette Book Group |