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Gr 6–10—It's 1953, and 12-year-old Jerry is visiting family in Arkansas. He is invited to listen to a guardian angels' meeting about Anna Kristina, a 16-year-old black girl pregnant by rape. The baby's father is a white man whose family is influential and racist, and the angels fear for the baby's safety. Jerry's first task is to enlist the help of Ernest Hemingway, who once wrote a piece about Anna Kristina's birth and is currently staying at a Little Rock hotel. Upon his return home to rural New York, J...Log In or Sign Up to Read More