Guardian

This was a gut-wrenching read! It has been a really long time since I’ve read something that has left me this numb. Julius Lester is an outstanding fiction writer, and he certainly deserves all the accolades he can ever get. This work of his titled ‘Guardian’ is an apt read about something that is co......more

This is a gripping, striking novel of lynching told from the point of view of a white teen boy who witnesses the hate crime. It is the summer of 1946 and Ansel is fourteen years old. He is the son of the store owner in a small town in the Deep South. One of his best friends is Willie. Though they fi......more

This was a pretty horrifying look at lynchings and race relations in the south in 1946, when a young white boy, Ansel, and his friend Little Willie must deal with and are directly confronted with racism at every turn. Ansel, his mother, and mother's friend Esther Davis are sympathetic whites who str......more

Reviewed by JodiG. for TeensReadToo.com There was a dark time in the history of the United States when even the best-intentioned people bore silent witness to the atrocities that were being committed by others. A time in which a person had to chose between honesty and personal safety. It is Tuesday a......more

This is book gives an insightful look at lynching in the south from the perspective of a white teenager. It also causes the reader to think about keeping silent when you know an injustice has occurred. Holding back the truth is just as harmful as committing the injustice. I would recommend this book......more