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Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed

by Virginia Hamilton

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In October of 1938, on their farm homestead in Ohio, a black family is caught up in the fear generated by the Orson Welles "Martians have landed" broadcast.

FictionRadio broadcastingExtraterrestrial beingsAfrican AmericansHalloweenFarm lifeLife on other planetsJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionExtraterrestrial beings, fictionAfrican americans, fictionHalloween, fiction
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