Brotherhood

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The year is 1867, the South has been defeated, and the American Civil War is over. But the conflict goes on. Yankees now patrol the streets of Richmond, Virginia, and its citizens, both black and white, are struggling to redefine their roles and relationships.

By day, fourteen-year-old Shadrach apprentices with a tailor and sneaks off for reading lessons with Rachel, a freed slave, at her school for African-American children. By night he follows his older brother Jeremiah to the meetings of a group whose stated mission is to protect Confederate widows like their mother.

But as the true murderous intentions of the group, now known as the Ku Klux Klan, are revealed, Shad finds himself trapped between old loyalties and what he knows is right.  In this powerful and unflinching story of a family caught in the period of Reconstruction, A.B. Westrick provides a glimpse into the enormous social and political upheaval of the time.--from the publisher

368 pages       978-0670014392          Ages 10-14  (Grades 5-9)

Book Pairing:  Pair this book with They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (contributed by Tricia-Stohr Hunt)

Keyword: Reconstruction Era

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