Equal

In summer 1959, at the foot of Baker’s Mountain, North Carolina, Jackie Honeycutt’s biggest concern is winning a blue ribbon at the fair with his cow, Lucy. Then he meets Thomas Freeman while fishing at the creek bank, and his horizons begin to expand. Jackie is white and Thomas is Black, and Jackie......more

Equal is the fifth book in Joyce Moyer Hostetter's excellent Baker's Mountain Stories series. The first book I read was Blue, set in Hickory, NC, in the midst of the Polio Epidemic of 1944. Told to be the man of the house while her father is off fighting in WWII, Ann Fay Honeycutt, 13, is diagnosed......more

EQUAL is the story of two boys--one white and one Black--becoming friends despite their differences, hard feelings, and an act of senseless prejudice. But that only scratches the surface. EQUAL is also about what it was like to live in a small, rural town in North Carolina in 1960 on the eve of civi......more

Apparently, I've missed something special since I had not heard of this Bakers Mountain Stories series until I read this one, the fifth and final title. If the others are anything as near as engaging as this one, then I will certainly need to go back and read them as well. Set in Hickory, North Caro......more

This was tied for favorite book with Drive. I was and still am sad that this was the final one she was writing. Good ending though. I like that all the titles may have been ones that you would not have guessed. I also liked the action, and that it kept me hooked. I wanted to finish them all. I had o......more