A review by janewhitehurst
Revolution by Deborah Wiles

5.0

Listened to this on audio and thought it was awesome. Some of the non-fiction parts dragged a bit, but overall, I loved this book. It's no secret that the 1960s are my favorite decade in American history. This book, the second in a trilogy, was about Freedom Summer in Mississippi. It is told from several perspectives including a 12 year old white girl named Sunny and an African American boy named Raymond of about the same age. The book follows these characters through the summer and with non-fiction inserts- songs, chants, newspaper articles- gives the reader a big picture idea of how important this summer was as far as civil rights in our country. I found this book especially poignant given current events in our country. It is amazing what the Civil Rights Activists had to go through in the 60s. Amazing how far we've come and how far we still have to go. I can't wait for the third book, which I assume will take place in the late 1960s.