![]() ![]() ![]() Introduction: Literature and the Political Problem 1. As she did in her groundbreaking documentary novel COUNTDOWN, award-winning author Deborah Wiles uses stories and images to tell the riveting story of a certain time and place - and of kids who, in a world where everyone is choosing sides, must figure out how to stand up for themselves and fight for what's right. And things get even trickier when Sunny and her brother are caught sneaking into the local swimming pool - where they bump into a mystery boy whose life is going to become tangled up in theirs. ![]() She has a new stepmother, a new brother, and a new sister crowding her life, giving her little room to breathe. Meanwhile, Sunny can't help but feel like her house is being invaded, too. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote. Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi, are saying. *A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST* It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded. ![]()
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