How High The Moon by Karyn Parsons

Boston was nothing like South Carolina. Up there colored folks could go anywhere they wanted. Folks didnt wait for church to dress in their fancy clothes. Fancy was just life. Mama was a city girl . . . and now I was going to be one too. Its 1944 and in a small Southern segregated town elevenyearold Ella spends her summers running wild with her cousins and friends. But life isnt always so sunny. The deep racial tension that simmers beneath their towns peaceful facade never quite goes away and Paperback softback