A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg

Addie is 12 when being black in Mississippi hits her with full force. Until then, she has lived in the protection of her family in a small Mississippi town. But that year, Medgar Evers is murdered, four girls die in a church fire and Addie's uncle Bump is charged with a crime he did not commit. Addie also learns that this is not the first time racism has affected her family.

This book places the readers solidly in the the early '60s. In the first part of the book, the author stresses what it was like in the segregated South. The stressed relationships between the races are clearly drawn.

The author includes historical notes.

Jeri Cohen, Patchogue-Medford Library