The Sittin Up, Shelia P. Moses
The Sittin Up, Shelia P. Moses
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The Sittin' Up

Author: Shelia P. Moses

Narrator: JD Jackson

Unabridged: 5 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/09/2014

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age

Synopsis

When Mr. Bro. Wiley, Bean's adopted grandfather and the last slave man around, dies in the summer of 1940, Bean and his very best friend Pole are some kind of hurt. Everyone in the Low Meadows is. Despite their grief, they are proud and excited to be included in their very first Sittin' Up - a wake for the dead. Bean and Pole know this special week will be one to remember, especially if the coming storm has its way and riles up Ole River enough to flood the Low Meadows right in the middle of Mr. Bro. Wiley's Sittin' Up.

About Shelia P. Moses

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pamela

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

Goodreads review by Alex

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

Goodreads review by Susie

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

Goodreads review by Addison

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

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