Light comes to shadow mountain / Toni Buzzeo.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Holiday House, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 263 pages : map ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780823453849
- 0823453847
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | BUZZEO TONI | Available | 33111011305014 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Cora Mae Tipton is determined to light up her Appalachian community in this historical fiction novel from an award-winning author and former librarian.
It's 1937 and the government is pushing to bring electricity to the mountains of southeastern Kentucky. It's all Cora can think of; radios with news from around the world, machines that keep food cold, lightbulbs by which to read at night! Cora figures she can help spread the word by starting a school newspaper and convincing her neighbors to support the Rural Electrification Act.
But resistance to change isn't easy to overcome, especially when it starts at home. Cora's mother is a fierce opponent of electrification. She argues that protecting the landscape of the holler-the trees, the streams, the land that provides for their way of life-is their responsibility. But Cora just can't let go of wanting more.
Lyrical, literary, and deeply heartfelt, this debut novel from an award-winning author-librarian speaks to family, friendship, and loss through the spirited perspective of a girl eager for an electrified existence, but most of all, the light of her mother's love and acceptance.
Back matter includes an Author's Note; further information on the Rural Electrification Act, the herbs and plants of Appalachia, the Pack Horse Library Project, and more; and a "Quick Questions" historical trivia section for readers.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Ages 8-12. Holiday House.
Grades 4-6. Holiday House.
In 1937 rural Kentucky, Cora Mae starts a school newspaper to rally support for the Rural Electrification Act, but the town's resistance to change is not easy to overcome.