A review by aklibrarychick
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles

5.0

One of the handful of truly excellent picture books that I review. Set during the summer of 1964 and highlighting the friendship between two fictional boys - one black and one white - this story will touch the heart. The part that affected me the most and, in fact, made me angry, was when the town decides to fill the community pool with concrete rather than allow it to be integrated. An important, well-written, wonderfully illustrated book.