
In this compelling continuation of the Jefferson family story, thirteen-year-old Emily Rose visits her extended family in Texas for the first time ever. Emily Rose, who grew up in a biracial family in the northeast, is surprised that racial attitudes are so different in the South...

In this compelling continuation of the Jefferson family story (begun in White Lilacs ), Emily Rose traces her family's history through three generations and countless troubles. She learns how racism and intolerance have affected her family in the past and watches with horror...

Emily Rose has always felt comfortable growing up in Connecticut with her African-American mother and her French American father, but when they spend some time with her great-grandmother in Texas, Emily Rose learns about her black heritage and uncovers some new and exciting parts...




