Description
Walking with Miss Millie
Hardcover ? 4 July 2017
by Tamara Bundy
- Publisher : Nancy Paulsen Books; First Edition, First Printing (4 July 2017)
- Language : English
- Pages : 240 pages
- ISBN-13 : 9780399544569
- Weight : 386 g
- Dimensions : 14.61 x 2.29 x 21.74 cm
Reviews
Average Rating:
4.3 rating based on 1,558 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 0399544569
ISBN-13: 9780399544569
Goodreads: 32614258
Author(s): Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Published: 7/4/2017
A poignant middle grade debut about the friendship between a white girl and an elderly black woman in the 1960s South
Alice is angry at having to move to Rainbow, Georgia—a too small, too hot, dried-up place she’s sure will never feel like home. Then she gets put in charge of walking her elderly neighbor’s dog. But Clarence won’t budge without Miss Millie, so Alice and Miss Millie walk him together. Strolling with Miss Millie quickly becomes the highlight of Alice’s day, as she learns about the town’s past and meets a mix of its catty and kind residents. As the two become confidantes, Alice is finally able to express her heartache over her father’s desertion; and when Miss Millie tells her family story, Alice begins to understand the shameful history of Segregation, and recognize the racism they need to fight against. Navigating the neighborhood with Miss Millie gives Alice new perspective, the wisdom to move on from her anger, and even enables her to laugh again.
Tamara Bundy’s beautifully written story reminds readers that there is nothing like friendship to lighten one’s load, and make anyplace a home.
4.3 rating based on 1,558 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 0399544569
ISBN-13: 9780399544569
Goodreads: 32614258
Author(s): Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Published: 7/4/2017
A poignant middle grade debut about the friendship between a white girl and an elderly black woman in the 1960s South
Alice is angry at having to move to Rainbow, Georgia—a too small, too hot, dried-up place she’s sure will never feel like home. Then she gets put in charge of walking her elderly neighbor’s dog. But Clarence won’t budge without Miss Millie, so Alice and Miss Millie walk him together. Strolling with Miss Millie quickly becomes the highlight of Alice’s day, as she learns about the town’s past and meets a mix of its catty and kind residents. As the two become confidantes, Alice is finally able to express her heartache over her father’s desertion; and when Miss Millie tells her family story, Alice begins to understand the shameful history of Segregation, and recognize the racism they need to fight against. Navigating the neighborhood with Miss Millie gives Alice new perspective, the wisdom to move on from her anger, and even enables her to laugh again.
Tamara Bundy’s beautifully written story reminds readers that there is nothing like friendship to lighten one’s load, and make anyplace a home.