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A Thousand Never Evers
A powerful novel of personal growth amid the tumultuous backdrop of the American Civil Rights Movement.
(Delacorte Books, Random House BFYR, 2008)
Audio Rights sold to Listening Library
Nominate, Lamplighter Award (Grades 6-8), 2010, Children's Crown Award Reading Programs
Top 10 Books for Middle Readers, 2008, Amazon.com
Best Children's Books of the Year List, 2008,
Christian Science Monitor
National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA), Gold, 2008
New Voices Pick for Spring, 2008
Association of Booksellers for Children
Parents' Choice Silver Honor, 2008
Parents' Choice Foundation
"A Thousand Never Evers, a debut novel by Shana Burg, creates a convincing portrait of the South during the Civil Rights Movement. The book follows a year in the life of Addie Ann Pickett, a girl on the verge of her early teens in Kuckapoo, Mississippi in 1963.... Author Shana Burg's father was a civil rights attorney, and she grew up hearing stories about Medgar Evers, Emmett Till, and the March on Washington. Mining those stories, as well as conducting a fair amount of research and drawing upon her experiences as a teacher, paid off. Addie Ann is a courageous and memorable character – one with whom younger readers should be able identify. Her experiences can truly give readers a sense of what it might have felt like to live in those historic times. (Ages 9-12)"
– Heidi Broadhead, Amazon.com
"This superb coming-of-age novels set within the African-American struggle for freedom and equality is told through the eyes of a 12-year-old named Addie Ann Picket living in the small town of Kuckachoo, Miss., in 1963. Good storytelling and historical facts and events are interwoven into the fabric of this tale in a natural, unfeigned manner."
– Christian Science Monitor
"References to significant historical events (Medgar Evers’s assassination, the March on Washington) add authenticity and depth, while Addie’s frank, expertly modulated voice delivers an emotional wallop."
– Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review
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