The 1920s

Luck

By Hoobler, Dorothy & Hoobler, Thomas

Publishers Summary:
In 1927 the Dixons move from rural Georgia to Chicago, where African Americans have more opportunities, and there Lorraine meets a famous movie actress and her little brother Marcus finds that his artistic talents are useful.

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ISBN
978-0-76131-602-2
Publisher
Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c2000.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 2000

Gr 4-6 One of a series of books about a fictionalized family, this entry takes place during the Roaring Twenties. Despite some lively writing, the unlikely plot and the confusing mix of reality (photographs of real people and places from the era) and fiction (the main characters and events) result in a contrived hodgepodge of a novel. After experiencing the racism of rural Georgia-segregation as well as the unjust conviction of her father,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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