Glory Be

Read this one following another great read set in the 1960s - Dead End in Norvelt. Great read aloud for 3rd - 4th grade showing the perspective of a child during the civil rights movement. Great attention to specific details that reflect the 60s - transistor radios, Nancy Drew books, and my favorite......more

What is there to like? ▪ Well-written prose, with a Southern lilt to the (first-person) narration and dialogue. ▪ Although it is written from a white perspective, I don't think it's a White People Solve Racism story. Racism certainly isn't solved by the end of the book, and the "good" white people are......more

It's the summer of Glory's 12th birthday and all she can think about is celebrating with her friends and her older sister at the community pool. Everything changes when the town council unexpectedly closes the pool for repairs. Glory can't understand why repairs are needed when nothing is broken. Th......more

The passage in Glory Be that most helped me make sense of how I felt about it isn't in the body of the novel at all, but rather buried towards the end of the Author's Note that serves as a postscript. "I once thought this book was about sisters, how they grow apart and come back together. Then smart,......more

A really good glimpse into the Civil Rights era for kids. It's not over simplified either, which I appreciate. Not everything is neatly wrapped up at the end, as it should be if it wants to reflect that time.......more