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In the Neighborhood of True
by Susan Kaplan Carlton
Ages: 14+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers/Workman Pub.
ISBN: 978-1-61620-860-8
Keywords: Race Relations, Social/Emotional Learning, Anti-Semitism, Segregation, Ku Klux Klan, Hate crimes
ARC After her father's death in 1959, Ruth's family moves from ew York to segregated Atlanta. She conceals her Jewish faith from new friends, and then the synagogue is bombed.