Stella by starlight
Sharon M. Draper, Sarah Jane Coleman
Readers rate it 3.9 (17 on Hardcover)
320 pages · Released 2015 · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
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Stella by Starlight is a well-regarded historical fiction novel set during the Jim Crow era that addresses segregation and racial violence through a child's perspective. The book handles serious themes of racism and KKK activity with age-appropriate gravity, focusing on a young girl's courage and activism rather than graphic depictions. It offers strong educational value about civil rights history and models positive values like resilience, empathy, and standing up against injustice.
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When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town. When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
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- Segregation
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
- Civil rights
- History
- African Americans
- Juvenile fiction
- Prejudices
- Fiction
- Children's fiction
- Prejudices, fiction
- African americans, history, fiction
- North carolina, fiction
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ISBN 9781442494978 · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books