A Thousand Never Evers

A slice of Southern life during the Civil Rights era, told from the perspective of little Addie Ann Pickett, who is 12 years old. She lives in Kuckachoo, Mississippi in 1963. Addie Ann is a strong character who tells us about her Mama, Uncle Bump, Flapjack, her cat and her brother Elias. Small momen......more

By-the-book and somewhat lifeless tale of racism in the 1960s South (it owes a lot to "To Kill a Mockingbird," if you ask me). The overstuffed story lurches and never properly builds. It tries too hard to incorporate bits of history with the (too) many instances of racism that Addie Ann's family goe......more

I listened to "A Thousand Never Evers" as an audiobook. The narrator was excellent and brought the emotion of the main character, Addie Ann Picket, and of the time to the forefront. The book references many historical events that play a role in the roller coaster ride of events that lead to a satisf......more

Addie Ann Pickett and her family works as helps in her small town of Kuckachoo, Mississippi. And when the old man with the biggest land in town that Addie works for died, all people of Kuckachoo, black and white, inherited his land. But the whites don't see it that way. February is Black History Mont......more

I read this book because I was told it will be an anchor text for our 7th graders. If I could have given it 3.5 stars, I would have. The writing is fine, even good! But the beginning just did not grab me, even after what really should have. I could have put the book down and easily walked away forev......more