The Colored Car

by Jean Alicia Elster

Book Overview

For young readers, the powerful story of an African American girl's train journey south from Detroit in 1937.

In The Colored Car, Jean Alicia Elster, author of the award-winning Who's Jim Hines?, follows another member of the Ford family coming of age in Depression-era Detroit. In the hot summer of 1937, twelve-year-old Patsy takes care of her three younger sisters and helps her mother put up fresh fruits and vegetables...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081433606X
• ISBN13: 9780814336069
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7