Between Us Baxters
Publisher
WestSide Books
Publication Year
2009
ISBN
9781934813027
Pages
304 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
The story of twelve-year-old Polly, a poor white Southern girl whose close friendship with Timbre Ann, a middle-class black teen, puts both families in danger. As white supremacists set fire to black businesses, Polly struggles to cope with the implications for her family and to understand the true meaning of friendship. Polly's sense of justice threatens to upset the status quo in her small town.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
610L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Family member death; Interracial; Race discrimination; Addiction; death of a grandmother; interracial friendship; racism; prejudice; segregation; alcoholism
Main Character
female child; female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2010 Twelve to Fourteen
Keywords
friendship; civil rights movement; arson; Jim Crow; South; coming-of-age; Georgia; jobs; caregiver; racial violence
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Hegedus, Bethany, "Between Us Baxters" (2009). Diverse Families. 554.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/554