BEHIND THE HIGH BOARD FENCE, Marley, Helen Booe — $14.95 pb
88 pgs. 2007 Elementary, middle school.
Based on the Marley’s mother’s memories of growing up in Winston, North Carolina in the early twentieth century, the story provides a unique window on the everyday happenings of an urban family in a growing town in the south and the impact industrialization had on everyone.

Historical fiction, piedmont, early 20th century

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