Midnight Without a Moon
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780544785106
Pages
312 page
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
Grade Level
6-8, 9-12
Lexile Measure
870L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Legal guardianship; Separation; Multiracial; Race discrimination; Multicultural; grandparents raising grandchild; grandmother raising granddaughter; separated parents; multiple races; racism; prejudice; segregation; multiple cultures
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Black (African American) / White
Family Formation
grandmother
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2017, Nominee, Middle Grade Fiction
Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 2018, Honor, Books For Older Children
Best Books for Kids, 2017
Heartland Books Recommendation for Life-Long Readers - Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2017 Young Adult
Notable Children's Books, 2018 Older Readers
Keywords
Mississippi; Chicago; friendship; education; voter registration; murder; trial
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Jackson, Linda Williams, "Midnight Without a Moon" (2017). Diverse Families. 725.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/725