A review by ainiali
Day of Tears by Julius Lester

5.0

Based on historical details, Day of Tears focused on one particular day where the largest slave auction took place and the rain falls abnormally heavy. Following several characters (multiple POVs), the story is told like a play where it stated what the characters' feeling & say without the normal prose-paragraph structure. The story also follows those characters years later after the slave trade had been abolished showing what happened to them. I did learn something I didn't know, which is why I love reading so much!