Essie Rose's Revelation Summer

There are so many things I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.What happens when the lone Jewish girl in a small Mississippi town challenges the rules of segregation in the hot summer of 1953?Essie Rose Ginsberg writer loner and all-time worrier is hoping for a carefree summer vacation. But when the familys beloved housekeeper is suddenly called away Essie Rose must figure out how to get on with her business and make her Pearlie May proud. When Daddys store is vandalized when mean girls bully her when her entry in the towns essay contest is jeopardized because Pearlie May is not a Caucasian Essie Roses worries become a reality. The Fourth of July comes and goes without Pearlie Mays return. Will she make it home in time for Essie Roses 11th birthday? Will the Ginsbergs remain in Tipton or will increasing discrimination and danger finally force them to return up North? Read over her shoulder as Essie Rose captures it all in her Writers Notebook chronicling a summer of friendship love loyalty and getting on with her business.Inspired by the authors childhood experiences in the Jim Crow South Yasners coming-of-age debut novel is a moving multi-layered and meticulously-researched story of loneliness and loyalty bullying and friendship loss and courage.Yasner is a new talent to watch and Essie Rose is an unforgettable character. Dont miss this story. -- Anna Myers author of 20 books for young people including Tulsa Burning An absolute delight. I laughed. I cried. I loved it. -- Mary Guess Flamer Ed.D. Former Title I Coordinator NJ Department of Education