Kizzy Ann Stamps, Jeri Watts
Kizzy Ann Stamps, Jeri Watts
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Kizzy Ann Stamps

Author: Jeri Watts

Narrator: Quincy Tyler Bernstine

Unabridged: 3 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/14/2012

Synopsis

Kizzy Ann Stamps is starting at a new school, the just-integrated public school, and she’s worried. She’s worried that the white students won’t like her, and she’s worried they’ll stare at the scar that runs from the tip of her right eye to the corner of her smile—the scar a neighbor boy gave her, in a farming accident.But now this same boy won’t stop following Kizzy and Shag, her beloved border collie, everywhere they go—even when they’re practicing for an upcoming herding competition. And though Kizzy and Shag have been training hard, Kizzy and her coach aren’t sure they’ll even let her, a black girl, enter the competition.In this tender—and often humorous—debut novel, Kizzy Ann discovers that almost everyone has scars to bear and that with a dog at your side you can find the courage to face them head-on.

About Jeri Watts

Jeri Watts worked as a public-school teacher for twenty-seven years before becoming a professor. She has written numerous short stories, as well as Keepers, a picture book. Kizzy Ann Stamps is her first middle-grade novel. About the inspiration behind it, she says, “My first six years, in the early sixties, were spent on a farm in Bedford County, Virginia, which was, of course, part of the inspiration for Kizzy Ann. I was excited to be a part of integration, seeing people strive for the best in themselves and others and learning to look at things from a different point of view — that was an important part of the humanity of integration, to think outside yourself.” Jeri Watts lives in Lynchburg, Virginia, with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ReGina on February 28, 2015

Kizzy Ann Stamps tells the story of a young girl who lives in Lynchburg, VA at the time of integration. The story is told through a series of letters and journal entries to her new teacher at the white school. The story is great for upper elementary students because it showcases the varying response......more

Goodreads review by Kasey.9220 on October 03, 2019

This book was good and it is a good quick read for people looking for easy historical fiction book. I recommend this to older group of readers because it talks about slavery and the beating of kids for that fact that they don't have the same race. Its an overall good book, and I recommend you pick i......more

Goodreads review by Gabby :) on October 05, 2022

read this in like 4th grade lol......more

Goodreads review by Tanish on May 16, 2018

It is a great piece of literature. Great for understanding the Civil Rights Era better.......more

Goodreads review by Alex on November 05, 2012

It is 1963 and integration has at last come to rural Virginia. For 12 year old Kizzy Ann Stamps, that means a new school. Her teacher, Mrs. Warren, has given up her job teaching at the one room school for black students so that her kids can go to the larger, better equipped, formally all white schoo......more

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