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Buy this book from Amazon! 		White Lilacs
by Carolyn Meyer
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Tags: segregation, injustice, African American, community, displaced
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Young Rose Lee Jefferson is shocked to learn that the white residents of Dillon, Texas, want to raze the city’s black enclave, Freedomtown, and build a park in its place. Rose Lee and the other residents of Freedomtown cannot bear the thought of losing their homes. But fighting the city’s plans could be costly—or even life threatening. Will the families of Freedomtown be able to save their thriving community?
    
Includes a reader's guide.
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Written by Galoshes on 09/28/2008
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This is a powerful and moving book. But I would reserve it for middle school reader's and above. The family in the book is threatened by the Klan. The story is based on a true story of a similar incident in a real Texas town.