Trudy Krisher

Spite Fences (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Life for thirteen-year-old Maggie Pugh has never been blissful. Her father is withdrawn, and her mother cares only about helping Maggie's little sister, Gardenia, win a beauty pageant. Yet events in the summer of 1960 in Kinship, Georgia, add to Maggie's troubles. Her friend Zeke, a black man who has listened to Maggie's concerns and even given her a camera, is arrested after he uses a restroom designated for white people. Maggie manages to overcome the ignorance and cruelty surrounding her, and she uses the camera Zeke gave her to understand and communicate the white community's abuse of the black to the world.

"The courage and vision of the 1960s South...are posted on Spite Fences for all to see. It is a masterful, sobering display." Booklist

"A book of this caliber comes along only rarely." Family Life

"Characters emerge as complex individuals, not pawns of a political agenda; Maggie's final triumph is a tribute to all who have suffered for justice." Publishers Weekly

Through Krisher's stunning narrative and achingly real characters, Maggie's pain and redemption are brought to vivid life." Kirkus Reviews

International Reading Association Award; American Library Award; Bank Street Books Award; Parents Choice Honor book

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: BookBaby
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781483539454
• Artikelnr.: 41530322

Autorenporträt

Trudy Krisher has a reputation as a trailblazer in writing and speaking out about sensitive issues surrounding self-identity, race, and gender through her fictional works. Similar to her protagonists Maggie from SPITE FENCES and Pert from KINSHIP, Krisher grew up in the South. Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1946, she was raised in South Florida."It doesn't take much to get me inspired!" says Krisher, "Usually, I want to write about people who are living out the questions on my mind."In each of her books, Krisher wrestles with difficult questions that each of her heroines needs to face. In SPITE FENCES, for instance, Maggie Pugh asks herself, "Why do people try to wall each other out with fences?""In my novels, I enjoy exploring a variety of artistic approaches that manifest themselves in unique creative forms. However, most important to me is always the audience for whom I write. Speaking to audiences of young adults-offering whatever insights I can about the world they will soon be entering- is among my most enjoyable experiences."Trudy Krisher is the recipient of an International Reading Association Award. Her books have been named ALA Best Books for Young Adults; an Ohioana Award; a Jefferson Cup Honor Book of the Virginia Library Association; a Parents' Choice Honor Book; a winner of The Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award; and the Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Books and more.Learn more about her at her website: www.trudykrisher.com