

The Sittin' Up
Author: Shelia P. Moses
Narrator: JD Jackson
Unabridged: 5 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Published: 01/09/2014
Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age
Author: Shelia P. Moses
Narrator: JD Jackson
Unabridged: 5 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Published: 01/09/2014
Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age
Shelia P. Moses is the award-winning author of several books for young readers, including National Book Award Finalist, The Legend of Buddy Bush and I, Dred Scott. She's also the co-author of New York Times bestselling Callus on My Soul, comedian and activist Dick Gregory's memoir. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
This is a coming of age story about young man named Bean and his best friend Pole. The story begins with the death of Mr. Bro. Wiley, a former slave the oldest citizen in the Low Meadows community. Mr. Bro. Willy gave the citizens of Low Meadows alot wisdom and he was well respected so his death aff......more
For 12 year old Stanbury Jones, Jr., called Bean, the night that his friend, Mr. Bro. Wiley, the 100 year old former slave that lived with the Jones family, passes away begins one of the most important weeks in his life. Mr. Bro. Wiley had lived with Bean’s family for 5 years, since 1935. Bean and h......more
I luckily picked up a copy of "The Sittin' Up" by Shelia P. Moses not long ago at a Dollar Tree store in Winona, Miss. -- just got through reading it. Really was a good trip through the author's "old times" in rural North Carolina. I think there are still wakes or "sittings up" around the world even......more
It's the summer of 1940, and Bean has just lost a true friend- the 100-year old Mr. Bro. Wiley, the last man in the Low Meadows community to have been born an enslaved person. In order to honor Mr. Bro. Wiley, Bean, his family, and all the rest of Low Meadows will hold a "sittin' up," a special and......more