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The obituaryThe obituary

The obituary

Shelia P. Moses

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Following her grandfather's death in rural North Carolina in 1947, twelve-year-old Pattie Mae learns more about her family after reading her grandmother's collection of obituaries and traveling to Harlem, New York, to find her uncle who has escaped from the Ku Klux Klan.

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OL Work ID
OL5706135W

Subjects

Race relationsFamiliesFamilyGrandparentsFictionAfrican AmericansHistoryChildren's fictionFamily, fictionAfrican americans, fictionRace relations, fiction

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