Witness
by Karen Hesse
Taste attributes: historicaldramapoliticalfresh & originalwholesomeheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeanceunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeMoving and grounded: an inventive historical novel. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town.
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- Author
- Karen Hesse
- Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 161
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- Open Library
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