"Libraries are about books. Books have no color, and they don't care who reads them." Miss Bloom, the librarian in 1964 Hanging Moss, Mississippi, refuses to close the library in response to pressure from the white community in the face of desegregation and the new Civil Rights laws. Gloriana June Hempfill is proud of her. She hates the fact that the community pool has closed to keep African Americans from swimming there. Glory befriends the new girl from the north whose mother is one of the Freedom Fighters. Glory's best friend is in favor of the pool closing and opposed to Glory's new friendship. Glory has many important decisions/choices to make. Who can/should she trust?
Mark Twain Award Preliminary Nominee 2014-15
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