pickMiddle-grades thriller set in rural Georgia, about some kids who wake the spirits haunting the remains of a church that was burned by the KKK. It maintains a good pace, has an appealing Scooby Gang, and a satisfying resolution. I would read another with this cast.
pickWhat a wonderful, heartbreaking, intense middle-grade story about the pain of history and the weight that Black communities and families bear of the lynchings and other violence done to them in the past. The story of young science-nerd Sarah, her younger brother Ellis, and their cousin Janie from the big city, and the summer when they disturb the site where the KKK burnt down a Black church in a small town in Georgia, it‘s got real power. 4.5⭐️
pickJanine is good at getting into trouble and asks her cousin to take her to Creek Church, a landmark in their little town that she had been told was haunted. The church happens to be off limits. Janie‘s sticky fingers lead Sarah, Ellis and his best friend, Jasper, to uncover a deep-seated part of the town‘s past. With a bit of luck, this foursome will heal the place they call home and the people within it they call family.
Just South of Home | 
