The $66 Summer: A Novel of the Segregated South

by John Armistead

Book Overview

It's the summer of 1955 when thirteen-year-old George Harrington arrives in Obadiah, Alabama, to work in his grandmother's store to save money for a motorcycle. Esther Garrison, who has just graduated from the eighth grade at Obadiah Colored School, also works at the store, saving money to attend high school in the fall. Her brother Bennett's job is not as desirable as his sister's--he works for a surly white farmer, Mr. Vorhise, who raises...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571316639
• ISBN13: 9781571316639
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8

Customer Reviews

Mysterious Summer

We found this book to be very adventurous. The author keeps you in suspense,and involves you in the lives of the children by using visual imagery. This book displays how families with different cultures and values live in the rural south. It also shows how some cultures and diverse people in past years were not excepted. As a teacher, you could use this book in your classroom to teach students about diversity and differences among cultures. It teaches children to accept and respect cultures that are different from their own. We thank the author for giving us a glimpse of cultural diversity in the past and teaching us to accept everyone for their differences.

The $66 Summer, Absolutely INCREDIBLE!!!

I originally began reading this book for my six year old daughter. When she was ready to stop, I couldn't. I read the book, almost completely, straight through. It will make you laugh; It will make your heart race with our young heros'; and most definitely, at risk of sounding cliche, it will make you cry; as I found myself doing when I reached the end. Wonderful for both its pains and its triumphs.