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Name: White water
Author: Michael S. Bandy

In this poignant picture book, a boy discovers the harsh reality of racial segregation when he is told he cannot drink the cool, refreshing water served only to white people, while the fountain for African Americans provides only warm, rusty water. The story, drawn from the author's own childhood experience, offers a direct, age-appropriate exploration of unfair treatment and the injustice of segregation in the United States.

First publish date: 2011

Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books

Authors: Michael S. Bandy

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