I began reading this book in what began as sun filled morning with just a few clouds. As read the novel, it began to rain and my heart grow as somber as the tale Lester begins to tell. As a native of South Carolina and an African American I truly appreciate how this story weaves the history of blacks and their relationships with each other and whites of the times. This novel will begin a conversation of healing and understanding for a terrible time in American history.
Day of Tears : A Novel in Dialogue
(2006, Fiction - Historical Fiction, Written by Julius Lester)
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- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
A discussion starter
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- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
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new perspective
I really really enjoyed this book. There were some times where the racism made me mad, but it really gives you a new perspective on how people think. This book helps you to understand how hard it really was, and sometimes still is for people of different races to live with eachother. It really opends your eyes up
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i cried....alot
THIS BOOK IS MARVELOUS ITS GREAT IT ALMOST MADE ME CRY.... (SNIFF) (SNIFF) U'V GOT TO READ IT....
- I rate this title off for age 14 and give it
i cried....alot
THIS BOOK IS MARVELOUS ITS GREAT IT ALMOST MADE ME CRY.... (SNIFF) (SNIFF) U'V GOT TO READ IT....
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
this book is a must read
this is a book u can really get a feel with. it cathes your eye and has your attention. i believe many young and old would really connect with this book. if there was a book i had to choose to do a report on it would this book. thank you julius lester for writting such a great book.
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A really good book a must read
This book is a book i used for a book report. It also has a lot of information on slavery and to inform people on slavery in general.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
The saddest book eva!!
This book was so great- I could read it again and again!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
A must-read book for every 8 year old
The book was realy good and my teacher Ms. Petrin pick it out for our Language arts class,we read the book together and everyone thought it was a realy good book. we did vocabulary on the book and we also did true or false quizes on the book it took us about 15 days to complete the book.Julis Lester did a great job on the book.
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I was glad to read this book.
I had to read this book for an english class im taking, but I'm glad I chose this book because it was very well written and kept me interested.
