Kizzy Ann Stamps
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (658 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0763669768 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Wonderful, beautiful story!" according to Jennywho. Who doesn't love a good story about a girl and her dog? This story has the girl, the dog and so much more to offer. The characters are "real" and you are engaged by their daily lives and struggles to fit in, including Shag. I thought the format of letters and journal entries was very clever and added an element of believability.. Excellent book! adarnold I absolutely loved this book!It's 1963, Kizzy Ann Stamps, is a girl growing up during the integration period of the South. Until now, she has only attended a one room black school, where Mrs. Warren is the only teacher she has ever kown. In letters to her new teacher, Kizzy Ann gives an honest account of her feelings about shari. Captures the times tanyacatbox This story captivated me from the excerpts sent by the library and I had to buy it to find out the rest. I loved Kizzy 's voice!! Having spent five years in a place where there was still a resentment about blacks being integrated into the mainstream, this voice was authentic and reflected the way people thought and acted. I was
Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Miss Anderson is understanding, and as Kizzy begins to trust her, she shares stories about Shag, the stray border collie her family adopted. Some passages go on about border collie herding, but they don't overwhelm the novel. No redistribution permitted. When he causes trouble, a neighboring white boy fixes the problem, and Kizzy learns to see each person as an individual. Yes, there are whites who hate her, but she learns to trust herself and her feelings. Kizzy is forthright in her first letter; she does not want to go to a school with white children. Her brother, on the other hand, suffers from discrimination at the upper school. From School Library Journal Gr 5-8-During the summer of 1963,12-year-old Kizzy Ann Stamps writes letters to the teacher who will instruct her at the new, integrated school. I let them in, and now I feel a fool." Kizzy is sensitive yet sassy, and she bounces back with fierce deter
Taking things in stride is not easy for Kizzy Ann, but with her border collie, Shag, stalwart at her side, she sets out to live a life as sweet as syrup on cornbread.In 1963, as Kizzy Ann prepares for her first year at an integrated school, she worries about the color of her skin, the scar running from the corner of her right eye to the tip of her smile, and whether anyone at the white school will like her. She writes letters to her new teacher in a clear, insistent voice, stating her troubles and asking questions with startling honesty. Even so, opportunity clashes with obsta