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CBC Showcase: Black History Month
The joys and frustrations of family life are portrayed through the eyes of Annie Rye, the ten-year-old daughter of a black sharecropper.
by Ethel Footman Smothers
Annie Rye Footman, ten, has no use for her three older half-sisters, especially after they join her Georgia sharecropper family permanently, but in time she learns to take her Grandma's advice to bear along with each other. This first novel, based on the author's childhood in the 50s, is rich in vividly felt moments.... Smothers explores the value of strong family bonds... and Annie Rye's reluctant but ultimately wholehearted acceptance of her new sibs... with some insight. A promising debut.
—Kirkus Reviews
Ages 8 and up
ISBN: 0802852483
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
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