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      White Socks Only

      by Evelyn Coleman
      Published
      Jan 1996
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      32
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      1996 Notable Book for Children, Smithsonian Magazine
      Pick of the Lists, American Bookseller

      In the segregated south, a young girl thinks that she can drink from a fountain marked "Whites Only" because she is wearing her white socks.

      When Grandma was a little girl in Mississippi, she sneaked into town one day. It was a hot day—the kind of hot where a firecracker might light up by itself. But when this little girl saw the "Whites Only" sign on the water fountain, she had no idea what she would spark when she took off her shoes and—wearing her clean white socks—stepped up to drink. Bravery, defiance, and a touch of magic win out over hatred in this acclaimed story by Elevelyn Coleman. Tyrone Geter's paintings richly evoke its heat, mood, and legendary spirit.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Chapter Books

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      Jan 1996 Albert Whitman & Company ISBN13 9780807589564 ISBN10 080758956X
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      Jan 1996 Albert Whitman & Company ISBN13 9780807593615 ISBN10 0807593613
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