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In  A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg, it’s 1963 in Kuckachoo Mississippi and Addie Ann Pickett is twelve years old and about to start middle school at West Thunder Creek Junior High School (more commonly known as County Colored).  She worries about whether or not playing Double Dutch is to babyish or if her [...]

After reading Jimmy’s Stars by Mary Ann Rodman (read my book review) and participating in an interview with the author, I knew that I had to read Yankee Girl.  I loved Jimmy’s Stars and Yankee Girl was just as satisfying.
Yankee Girl was inspired by Mary Ann Rodman’s own childhood, who like the main character lived [...]