Stella by starlight

By Sharon M. Draper

Subjects: Segregation, African Americans, nyt:childrens-middle-grade-paperback=2016-04-24, African americans, segregation, fiction, New York Times bestseller, Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Prejudices, Fiction, Children's fiction, African americans, history, fiction, Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Juvenile fiction, Civil rights, History, North carolina, fiction, Prejudices, fiction

Description: When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.