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Reviewed on March 17, 2016 | African American Fiction (And More)
This reissue of actress Nicholas's (Room 222; In the Heat of the Night) debut novel, first published in 2005, is a coming-of-age tale set during the Freedom Summer of 1964. College student Celeste Tyree takes a 24-hour train journey from Ann Arbor, MI, to Jackson, MS, to help register African Americans to vote in the small town of Pineyville. She soon learns how dangerous a task this is when shortly after her arrival three volunteers ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
