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A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era

David Greenberg

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Duvy Greenberg is an ordinary twelve-year-old trying to fit in. He knows that his father, Jack, is a civil rights lawyer, but Duvy lives worlds away from Dorothy Milton, a black woman struggling to become a registered voter in Selma, Alabama. When Dorothy reaches out to Martin Luther King Jr. for help, she sets in motion a series of events that—with Jack Greenberg’s help—will open Duvy’s eyes to the reality of racial inequality and forever change the course of history. Blending facts, speeches, memories, and conjecture, this novel portrays the emotions and events surrounding the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March.

Language: English

Pages: 167

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers

Release: October 16, 2008

ISBN: 0525479678

ISBN 13: 9780525479673

A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era

David Greenberg

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Duvy Greenberg is an ordinary twelve-year-old trying to fit in. He knows that his father, Jack, is a civil rights lawyer, but Duvy lives worlds away from Dorothy Milton, a black woman struggling to become a registered voter in Selma, Alabama. When Dorothy reaches out to Martin Luther King Jr. for help, she sets in motion a series of events that—with Jack Greenberg’s help—will open Duvy’s eyes to the reality of racial inequality and forever change the course of history. Blending facts, speeches, memories, and conjecture, this novel portrays the emotions and events surrounding the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March.

Language: English

Pages: 167

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers

Release: October 16, 2008

ISBN: 0525479678

ISBN 13: 9780525479673

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