A review by bickie
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper

4.0

1932 rural North Carolina: KKK is actively intimidating a small but tightly knit Black neighborhood near the woods in Bumblebee, a suburb of Spindale with a saw mill. Stella is an 11-year-old Black girl who works hard at getting better at writing, usually by sneaking out to write in her journal at night. The examples in this book of the choices of people in the Black community, the white people sympathetic to the Black people, and the "mean white people" who sympathize or belong to the KKK all seem especially relevant now (early 2017). Don't fight hate with hate; remember what's important; make choices you are proud of. Best for ages 10-13.