cover image FREEDOM SUMMER

FREEDOM SUMMER

Deborah Wiles, , illus. by Jerome Lagarrigue. . S&S/Aladdin, $6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-689-87829-9

"Set in Mississippi during the summer of 1964, this affecting debut book about two boys—one white, the other African-American—underscores the bittersweet aftermath of the passage of the Civil Rights Act," wrote PW . Ages 4-8. (Jan.)