Saturday, October 12, 2013

Mary Jane


This is a heart warming story. I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure this was a true story. Anyway, if it is, it's because of these two kids that now, black children can go to white schools! :) I, personally, like this story because Mary Jane was very brave and she did not abandoned her dream. Her dream was to go to the school she is going to right now. The name of that school is Wilson Junior High.


Description

A 14 year old girl named Mary Jane, is going to a new high school.When her grandpa told her to ignore the insults because she was black, she just said that she was pretty sure she wouldn't get any insults. The reason her grandpa was so worried, was that she was the first african girl to go to the school she was going to go. The name of that school is Wilson Junior High. On the first day of school, she was escorted by 4 police men and her dad said it was to protect her from the screaming and insulting crowd that wanted to hurt her. In class, a girl named Darlene moved her desk away from Mary Jane and said her mom did not want her sitting beside a black girl. ( How insulting!!! :( ) But then one day, Mary Jane discovered there was a girl that did not hate her, that not the whole world hated her and that she was famous because she was the first black girl to go to a proper high school. She decided, also, that she was going to face all the mean people and do something about it... ( Read the book to find out the rest.)

Age: 8+

Where does it come from: My mom had it

Pages: 218

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