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The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
by Brenda Woods
Ages: 9+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin YR/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-5247-3709-2
Keywords: social emotional, Race Relations, prejudice, Family life, veterans
As a Caucasion boy turns 12 in the summer of 1946, his friendship with an African-American veteran leads him to confront the realities of racism in South Carolina.