Yankee Girl
When her FBI-agent father is transferred to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964, eleven-year-old Alice wants to be popular but also wants to reach out to the one black girl in her class in a newly-integrated school.
Race relationsAfrican AmericansFictionSchool integrationSchoolsCivil rights workersFriendshipHistorySchool storiesJuvenile fictionHistorical fiction1000blackgirlbooks