Bibliograph

How it happens, Jean Alicia Elster

Type

Label

How it happens, Jean Alicia Elster

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Grades 7-9, Wayne State University Press

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

How it happens

Oclc number

1247836960

Responsibility statement

Jean Alicia Elster

Series statement

Great Lakes books series

Summary

Born in Tennessee in 1890, Dorothy May was the middle daughter of Addie Jackson, a married African-American housekeeper at one of the white boardinghouses in town, and Tom Mitchell, a commanding white attorney from a prominent family. We follow Dorothy May's experiences with race relations and class division, both as a child and later as a teacher. Dorothy May, choosing between her career and marriage to a man she barely knows, moves to Detroit. -- adapted from back cover

Target audience

adolescent

Classification