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Mayfield Crossing

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

199388 pagesabout 1–2 hours
1993
first published
  • 1993Putnam · 88 pages · ENGISBN 9780399223310
  • 1994HarperCollins Publishers · ENGISBN 9780380721795
  • 1994Demco MediaISBN 9780606059220

When the school in Mayfield Crossing is closed, the students are sent to larger schools, where the black children encounter racial prejudice for the first time. Only baseball seems a possibility for drawing people together.

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Written forMiddle grade

Content notes

  • Racismmoderateunreviewed
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