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Spite Fences

by Trudy Krisher

A young witness confronts a divided town

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A young witness confronts a divided town

Set in Kinship, Georgia, in the summer of 1960, the novel places thirteen-year-old Maggie Pugh amid divisions shaped by race and wealth. After witnessing a violent crime, she faces a choice between protecting her family’s standing through silence and speaking up for justice. Maggie’s dilemma connects a personal coming-of-age story to the social inequalities of the American South during the civil rights era. The town’s established boundaries give the question of where she stands concrete stakes.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in historical fiction set in the American South.
  • Readers seeking young adult stories about racial inequality, social class, and the decision to speak up for justice.

Themes

Racial segregationClass divisionsCourage and silenceJustice

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Book overview

Thirteen-year-old Maggie Pugh has lived in Kinship, Georgia, all her life. In all that time almost nothing has changed.

If you are poor, you live on the west side of town. If you are rich, you live on the hill in the north end of town. If you are white you use one bathroom, if you are colored you use another.

All that starts to change in the summer of 1960. Maggie witnesses a horrific crime, and must decide whose side she stands on. Will Maggie remain silent, and not shame her family, or will she stand up for justice?

 

"The courage and vision of the 1960s South...are posted on Spite Fences for all to see. It is a masterful, sobering display." -- Booklist

"Characters emerge as complex individuals, not pawns of a political agenda; Maggie's final triumph is a tribute to all who have suffered for justice." -- Publishers Weekly

"A book of this caliber comes along only rarely." -- Family Life

Honor Book selection -- Parents' Choice

Best Book for Young Adults selection -- American Library Association (ALA)

Best Young Adult Novel award -- International Literacy Association

New York Public Library Award

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