A review by circleofreadersdruid
Freedom Summer by Jerome Lagarrigue, Deborah Wiles

5.0

I've read and enjoyed several middle grade books by Deborah Wiles, but this is my first Jerome Lagarrigue. His illustrations are gorgeous. The colors are beautiful and each picture complements the text perfectly. I'd hang some of them on my wall if that were possible. Lagarrigue totally deserves the awards he won for his work in this book! Wiles was eleven in 1964 when the Civil Rights Act was passed and she spent her summers with her grandparents in rural Mississippi. Don't skip her foreword! I like the friendship between John Henry and Joe and the way their relationship deepens and matures through the book. This would be a great one for discussions. I checked this book out from the Mississippi Library Commission.