Equal

by Joyce Moyer Hostetter

Book Overview

As social change sweeps across 1950s America, two boys--one white, one Black--discover the power of friendship and the importance of staying true to yourself

It's the summer of 1959 at the foot of Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends. But Jackie is white, and Thomas is Black--and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635928397
• ISBN13: 9781635928396
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7