Reading Schedule:

April 1st: Chapters 1-3, pgs. 1-64

April 8th: Chapters 4-6, pgs. 65-114

April 15th: Chapters 7-9, pgs. 115-152

April 22nd: Chapters 10-12, pgs. 153-End

More on Billy:

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In this harrowing tale of ten-year-old Billy Lee Turner, who is convicted and executed

for murdering a white girl in Banes County, Mississippi, in 1937. Constructed in a series of powerfully lean vignettes, Billy is a tour de force of dramatic compression, focusing on how this outrageous event affects an entire community. The high-spirited Billy, his mysterious and passionate mother, Cinder, and his friend Gumpy are realized

with depth and authority. Told in classic, unrelieved terms yet with remarkable compassion and restraint, their story is an unsentimental and ultimately heart-rending vision of racial injustice.

 

Facilitated by Branden Janese.

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