Glory Be, Augusta Scattergood
Glory Be, Augusta Scattergood
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Glory Be

Author: Augusta Scattergood

Narrator: Cassandra Morris

Unabridged: 4 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2015


Synopsis

A Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool.As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn twelve, there are times when Glory wishes she could turn back the clock a year. Jesslyn, her sister and former confidante, no longer has the time of day for her now that she'll be entering high school. Then there's her best friend, Frankie. Things have always been so easy with Frankie, and now suddenly they aren't. Maybe it's the new girl from the North that's got everyone out of sorts. Or maybe it's the debate about whether or not the town should keep the segregated public pool open. Augusta Scattergood has drawn on real-life events to create a memorable novel about family, friendship, and choices that aren't always easy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barb on May 16, 2012

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

Goodreads review by Amy on January 26, 2013

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

Goodreads review by Rachel on January 29, 2012

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

Goodreads review by Samuel on March 12, 2012

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

Goodreads review by Beth on March 16, 2019

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