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OLDER FICTION
Lester, Julius

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137 pp. | HarperTeen/Amistad | November, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-155890-0 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-155891-7 $17.89
(2) YA In a small southern town in 1946, white fourteen-year-old Ansel Anderson is on the cusp of manhood. Tragedy strikes when Mary Susan, the girl he likes, is brutally murdered. An innocent man is lynched for it, and Ansel cannot--or does not--do anything to prevent it. The writing is lyrical, the subject is dark, and the ethical dilemmas will keep readers riveted.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2008

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