Books like Because we are by Mildred Pitts Walter
Emma, a top student at an integrated high school, is unexpectedly transferred to a segregated school after a misinterpretation with a white teacher. There, she confronts a different set of challenges that test her resilience and resolve.
First publish date: 1983
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Mildred Pitts Walter
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