Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Crowe, Chris

ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS - Based on the true story of a tragic murder that helped spark the Civil Rights movement.

"Gripping."--BCCB

"Will get readers thinking."--Publishers Weekly

A brutal murder rocks a sleepy southern community.

At first, Hiram is excited to be visiting his favorite grandfather in Greenwood, Mississippi. But before long Hiram begins to feel that the small town is not the place he remembers from his childhood. Then he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer, and Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to "know their place."

When Emmett's body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing. But what will it cost him to know?

Author: Chris Crowe
Publisher: Speak
Published: 11/24/2003
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.60h x 4.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780142501924
Age Range: 12-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 59706 / Mississippi Trial, 1955

About the Author
Chris Crowe is the author of several books, most notably Mississippi Trial, 1955, which won several awards, including the 2003 International Reading Association's Young Adult Novel Award. His nonfiction book, Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, was an Jane Addams Honor book. His first children's book, Just As Good: How Larry Doby Changed America's Game, appeared in 2012. Chris married his high school sweetheart, and they live in Provo, Utah, where he works in the English department at BYU. They are the parents of four children and grandparents of two lovely girls and three handsome boys.