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From Scholastic's best selling, award-winning book series comes a collection of home videos inspired by the diaries or real girls.

Nellie Lee Love moves north with her fmaily to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south. Mamma believes a new start will help Nellie Lee's sister Erma Jean, who stopped speaking after a mysterious but horrifying event only she witnessed. Though life in this northern city, is exciting, Nellie Lee sees that racism knows no boundaries. When a group of boys threaten Nellie Lee, Erma Jean finds her voice just in time to fend them off. Through the love of their family, both sisters learn ...

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Issues of race, class, and prejudice on both a personal and institutional level are explored through the journal entries of a young African-American girl, eleven-year-old Nellie Lee Love, in this newest addition to the ever popular "Dear America" series. The novel begins in 1919 in a small Tennessee town where the Loves have lived for several generations. After Nellie's uncle dies, the Loves move to Chicago; there, Nellie begins to see the world through a new set of eyes. Up North, Nellie learns that life is much different in the big city. In addition to the hustle and bustle of Chicago, Nellie witnesses race riots and expressions of intolerance within her own African-American community. Saddened, Nellie longs to return to her native South, until she remembers that life down home is filled with the same kind of hate--except that lynchings are the order of the day. Complete with a rich resource of historical data about life for African-Americans in the early twentieth century, this novel shows that "hurt and hate" exist no matter where one lives. Genre: Historical Fiction/Race. 2000, Scholastic, Ages 9 to 12, $10.95. Reviewer: Michele L. Gable

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On Christmas Day in 1915, Nellie Lee Love and her sister Erma Jean are given diaries by their mother. Nellie puts hers away until she begins with New Year's Day, 1919, recording her thoughts and the events involving her family and friends during a year of change. The Great War is over, but a different war is brewing in the United States. As black soldiers return from battle overseas, they are faced with discrimination and the fear of lynching in their hometowns. The violence of racism hits home for the Love family, becoming too brutal to ignore. Nellie's father moves his family from rural Tennessee to Chicago in search of opportunity. Although life is better in Chicago in some ways—the Loves no longer have to hide their NAACP membership or their reading of the works of W. E. B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey—it is also difficult. Mr. Love's application for a business loan is rejected several times, and the family experiences riots and endures prejudice within their own race. Through courage, perseverance, and family unity, however, the Loves eventually find hope and triumph and become comfortable in their new community. The diary format of the Dear America series makes for readable historical fiction that will appeal to history students and reluctant readers alike. Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winner McKissack has written a story about a family whose strength and solidarity will touch readers, regardless of their cultural or ethnic backgrounds. The author's notes and illustrations additionally serve as an excellent introduction not only to the civil rights movement but also to the lives and works of prominent African Americans. This is the author's second book in theseries, following A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl (Scholastic, 1997). Illus. Biblio. VOYA CODES: 5Q 4P M J (Hard to imagine it being any better written; Broad general YA appeal; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9). 2000, Scholastic, 222p, $10.95. Ages 12 to 15. Reviewer: Elizabeth Wetherson

SOURCE: VOYA, October 2000 (Vol. 23, No. 4)

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This is the diary of Nellie Lee Love as she lived each day beginning on January 1, 1919. Nellie and her sister, Erma Jean, receive their diaries for Christmas. Nellie's diary chronicles the trials and tribulations of her family's life in Bradford Corners, Tennessee and later life in Chicago, Illinois. Traumatized by the death of her uncle, Erma Jean ceases to speak. All her communication with Nellie is through her diary that exposes the racial injustices in Tennessee and the family system within the Colored section. When word comes that there are opportunities in Chicago, the Love family moves. Thoughts of Tennessee haunt the girls as they slowly adjust to life in the big city. During the Chicago riots Erma Jean is again traumatized, but this time she regains her voice. McKissack has the family involved in the NAACP, suffrage and anti-lynching meetings and the Open Mind Church and Youth Center and through them relates plenty about life as it was in Chicago in the early 1900s. There are historical notes and photographs in this entry in the "Dear America" series. 2000, Scholastic Inc., Ages 10 to 14, $10.95. Reviewer: Karen Werner

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Gr 4-6-Although 11-year-old Nellie Lee takes after her Mama's folks and "could pass," she proudly says "color me dark." Through the child's diary entries, McKissack explores the racism that existed in post World War I Tennessee, where a lighter skin was considered "better" than a darker one. In fact, a major story line involves Nellie Lee's sister, Erma Jean, as she learns to treasure her darker color. When Uncle Pace, returning from the war, is found badly injured, the family suspects the worst but can't prove it, and Erma Jean suffers hysterical muteness. His death propels Nellie Lee's father to join the Great Migration north to Chicago in search of a better life. The family discovers that although they do not face the Klan there, racism still exists, even within the black community. McKissack deftly explores the social unrest between blacks and whites and the social stratification within the black community, where newly arrived southern blacks were looked down upon by the more affluent residents. The time period is well developed, and serves as a compelling backdrop to the Love family's struggle to find a place. Nellie is a feisty and loyal protagonist, and although her voice sounds a bit mature for an 11-year-old, her observations carry the story line and interpret the action in a believable way. Secondary characters are distinct and add a richness to the telling.-Jennifer Ralston, Harford County Public Library, Belcamp, MD Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

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ISBN-13: 9780590511599
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date: 4/1/2000
Edition description: 1 ED
Pages: 224
Age range: 9 - 12 Years
Lexile: 680L (what's this?)
Series: Dear America Series
Product dimensions: 5.61 (w) x 7.77 (h) x 0.79 (d)

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Anonymous

Posted July 24, 2008

Awesome.

this book was sooooo good and i loved it. it was awesome and seemed like Nellie Lee Love was a real person.!!!!!
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Posted June 10, 2008

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I loved to see how everything changes for the family, but in the end they still stay together. It was an eye-opener to all the suffering that African-American people went through even long after slavery was ablolished, and to see it all through a young girl's eyes had fought everything she had been through. Knowing this event happened, it was a hard and rude to them.
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Posted June 20, 2008

Great Book

I never liked Dear America until I read this book. I recomend this to people who love to read
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Posted April 22, 2008

Geat!

This was such a good book! I loved to see how everything changes for the family, but in the end they still stay together. It was an eye-opener to all the suffering that African-American people went through even long after slavery was ablolished, and to see it all through a young girl's eyes made it good too. No matter how old you are you should read this book!
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Posted August 8, 2006

AWESOME!

This book was totally awesome becasuse I am SO much like Nellie! It is also kind of sad too, but over all a VERY GOOD DEAR AMERICA BOOK!!! Patricia McKissak is a great author and did a wonderful job with this one. Definatly recommened! READ IT!
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Posted July 8, 2005

The whole book

The book is absolutley awesome. I loved every bit of it from start to finish its great. Keep up the good work. Love always, the one who loves your writting. Jennifer
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Posted April 9, 2004

Best book ever

this book was an amazing book and inspired me to research more about black history. Nellie is an amazing girl and survives all the bands and differences surrounding her. It is a must read.
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Posted March 31, 2004

color me dark

the book was ver very very very good i give it 5 stars
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Posted March 8, 2004

WOW!!!!!!!!1

This book is the best. i woul like more books about the great migration north.
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Posted May 31, 2003

Great! Very Interesting! I give the Author 100% FAME! Great Book

Book was a great book! Loved it. Recomended to teachers!
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Posted February 23, 2003

THIS BOOK WAS EXCELLENT

IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING TIME OF THE LYNCHING AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS. NELLIE LEE LOVE WAS A VERY BRAVE GIRL.
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Posted February 2, 2003

BEST BOOK!!

This book was great!!! I loved it, it told you how she felt and every little thing about what it was like to live in that kind of world. I would recommend this book to anyone willing to listen. All my friends have read it so i'm speakin for all of us!!
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Posted December 30, 2002

This book was really good!

I liked being able to read about what her life was like, and comparing what my life is like with what her's was like. I learned about being treated different because of your skin color, and how that is bad. Nellie died the year I was born, and it's hard to believe that people experienced these things not that long ago.
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Posted April 16, 2002

A must read

This book is so cool. I did a report on it and it wasn't even required. I love reading books. It's touching and sad.
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Posted February 15, 2002

I will never forget

This book is based on cruelness and bravery and courage.Nellie Lee's uncle dies,and is a mystery.Her sister became dum and could never again speak,but...Why am I telling the story????Buy it,I command you!!!!
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Posted July 22, 2001

' The Great Black Girls Living Down South'

This book is more than outstanding. I would give this book ten stars and more if I only could. This book tells how black people were mistreated in the South and mostly everywhere they went. When they moved to the North they had better oppurtunities. They could actually have a life. I think this is not only a book for kids, but it is also a book for all people of all color. That is how I rate this book!!!!
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Posted April 12, 2001

Great Book

I thought this book was really, really good, and I recomend it. It's very touching and descriptive.
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Posted December 14, 2000

SUCH A GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I'm a 8th grader that geos to LMS in NJ. My teacher wanted us to do a report about book thats like a dairy. At first I thought it was going to be a boring book. But when I started reading the book I thought it was so good. I will be buying this book for my cousin to read.
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Posted December 5, 2000

'Color Me Dark'WONDERFUL!!!!!!

im an 8th grader at wedgewoodmiddle.im doing a book report on the 'Red Summer'.i loved this book it is a great book.i need more information on the subject.but i couldn't put this book down.i strongly recommend this book.if you have any information on the 'Red Summer' please tell me where i can find it and get some. thank you. email me.
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Posted October 22, 2000

i loved it

i loved it and i am still reading i am on the part when the braxton brothets came up to them in chicago.
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