The Weed Walk
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- Synopsis
- This is a story that makes real the struggles of young people dealing with racial tensions in America during the 1960s, written during that time. Lori Tyler and her best friend, Karen Holt, are at first bewildered and then panic-stricken by what happens along the weed walk, a short cut through the vacant lots where they used to play when they were children. The neighborhood has changed since then. The boy next door has moved away and left his house vacant. The house on the corner has also been left vacant and the girls are haunted by the fear that people different than they--people of color--may move in and keep them out of an exclusive high school sorority. (Parties and outings are often held with the fraternity boys and Lori wants to be a part of them more than anything.) This is a tale that brings home what integration meant to some young people in 1965 in suburban America.
- Copyright:
- 1965
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 192 Pages
- Publisher:
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Date of Addition:
- 04/07/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Margaret Sutton
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Teens, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Jamie Yates
- Proofread By:
- Valerie Cote
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.