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A Thousand Never Evers
A Thousand Never Evers | Shana Burg
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IN KUCKACHOO, MISSISSIPPI, 1963, Addie Ann Pickett worships her brother Elias and follows in his footsteps by attending the black junior high school. But when her careless act leads to her brother’s disappearance and possible murder, Addie Ann, Mama, and Uncle Bump struggle with not knowing if he’s dead or alive. Then a good deed meant to unite Kuckachoo sets off a chain of explosive events. Addie Ann knows Old Man Adams left his land to the white and black people to plant a garden and reap its bounty together, but the mayor denies it. On garden picking day, Addie Ann’s family is sorely tested. Through tragedy, she finds the voice to lead a civil rights march all her own, and maybe change the future for her people. From the Hardcover edition.
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Title: A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
Genre: Historical Fiction
Started: 1-08-2020
Finished: 1-12-2020
Pages: 290
Why I chose this book: I wanted to try reading something historical again after I finished my last historical book since it interested me so much.
Summary: The book takes place around the time the civil rights movement started to take place. The story is about a girl named Ann who is trying to survive in a community where blacks-

rmi_callmebob are discriminated. There was a nice rich man named Old Man Adams who left a will that says that the community of Kuckachoo has equal rights to the lad he left, both whites and blacks. The whites tried to frame up Uncle Bump, Ann's father figure, for planting weed seeds in the land. There was a lot of protests and retaliation between the whites and blacks. The KKK even went as far as to bomb a church, in which 4 young girls died. In the end, Ann - 5y
rmi_callmebob found evidence of whites framing up Uncle Bump. It was revealed in the court case that it was Mr. Mudge who was the one who planted the seeds and not Uncle Bump. This case only strengthened the civil rights movement. 5y
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