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    Revolution: A Novel
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    Revolution: A Novel

    Written by Deborah Wiles

    Narrated by Stacey Aswad, Francois Battiste, JD Jackson and Robin Miles

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    About this audiobook

    It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded.  Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi are saying. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote.  They're calling it Freedom Summer.

    Meanwhile, Sunny can't help but feel like her house is being invaded, too.  She has a new stepmother, a new brother, and a new sister crowding her life, giving her little room to breathe.  And things get even trickier when Sunny and her brother are caught sneaking into the local swimming pool -- where they bump into a mystery boy whose life is going to become tangled up in theirs.

    As she did in her groundbreaking documentary novel Countdown award-winning author Deborah Wiles uses stories and images to tell the riveting story of a certain time and place -- and of kids who, in a world where everyone is choosing sides, must figure out how to stand up for themselves and fight for what's right.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 8, 2014
    ISBN9780553395259
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    Revolution: A Novel
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    Deborah Wiles

    DEBORAH WILES is the award-winning author of Each Little Bird That Sings, a National Book Award finalist; Love, Ruby Lavender, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Children's Book Sense 76 Pick, an NCTE Notable Book for the Language Arts, and a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing; Freedom Summer, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; The Aurora County All-Stars, a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing; and One Wide Sky. She lives in Georgia.www.deborahwiles.com

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    • 5/5
      It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded. Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi are saying. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote. They're calling it Freedom Summer.

      Meanwhile, Sunny can't help but feel like her house is being invaded, too. She has a new stepmother, a new brother, and a new sister crowding her life, giving her little room to breathe. And things get even trickier when Sunny and her brother are caught sneaking into the local swimming pool, where they bump into a mystery boy whose life is going to become tangled up in theirs.

      As she did in her groundbreaking documentary novel Countdown, award-winning author Deborah Wiles uses stories and images to tell the riveting story of a certain time and place, and of kids who, in a world where everyone is choosing sides, must figure out how to stand up for themselves and fight for what's right.
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    • 3/5
      Narrated by assorted cast. I don't know what the print edition looks like but the audio edition is a dynamic listening experience, transporting listeners to the news headlines of the civil rights movement as they follow Sunny's story as a girl growing up in Mississippi and bearing witness to all that is going on.
    • 4/5
      Listened to the audiobook and loved the layers of history that surround this story of Sunny and her family who experience Freedom Summer in their Mississippi hometown. Recreations of radio and tv broadcasts, newspaper headlines, music and quotes from both sides of the political and racial divide vividly recall this period of the early 1960s. Interspersed with the historical content is Sunny's story, bringing an immediate and personal connection to the events witnessed through the eyes of this 12 year old.
    • 3/5
      I didn't realize that this was going to be about a different family then the one the first book was about. This volume follows two different kids/families that never really interact directly but who often affect each other during the Civil Rights movement in a small town in Mississippi. This book is horrifying in all the right ways; it really does an excellent job showcasing what was going on in the south at this time. The speeches, quotes and informational snippets do an excellent job putting the smaller story into the larger framework of what was going on at the time.
    • 5/5
      Loved this story about three kids growing up in a small town in Alabama in 1961 when the Freedom Riders come to their town. One of the things that's really great about it is the graphical elements... black and white photographs, art work, song lyrics, speeches that Wiles places periodically throughout the text. Such a great way to enhance the text.
    • 5/5
      Revolution by Deborah Wiles paints a vivid picture of the early Civil Rights Movement, and, in particular the Freedom Summer of 1964. Set in the small town of Greenwood, Mississippi the author delivers an impressive coming-of-age story centered around two children, one white, one black, who are discovering the confusing and frightening facts of racism and segregation. Young civil rights activists arrive in town and set to work on voter registration and setting up “Freedom Schools” to help educate the local black population on their rights. This does not sit well with most white Mississippians and tensions mount as quickly as the summer heat.I thought the author captured the essence of the summer of 1964. From the movies that were playing at the local theatres, to sports and political references, 1964 was brought back clearly to me. The author includes pages of photographs and articles that document the events of that summer which I thought really added to the story. But even more than the facts and figures this is a story that touches both the heart and soul.Personally I thought Revolution was absolutely brilliant and I had trouble putting it down. History brought to life through excellent storytelling. This is the second in a planned trilogy, the first book dealt with the Cuban Missile Crisis, this book the Freedom Summer of 1964. Both were excellent reads and I can tell that Revolution will linger in my mind in the same way that her first book does. I look forward to the final volume in her Sixties trilogy.
    • 3/5
      Sunny's small Mississippi town is being invaded - by civil rights workers. It's 1964, and the issue of voting rights for black Americans has polarized the town. Includes photos, song lyrics and quotes from the period.
    • 5/5
      Revolution is a book for Young Adults about Freedom Summer. Sunny, a 12 year old girl who is abandoned by her mother, goes through a life-changing summer when SNCC organizes for the right to vote in her small town in Mississippi. This book is partly the story of Sunny and the changes she goes through in understanding and fighting for freedom and civil rights as well as her own personal growth as she comes to accept and appreciate the changes in her own family, especially with her new step-mother. It is also a history book as it describes and illuminates the struggle for civil rights through the use of documents, song snippets, speeches, and photographs. In light of the Supreme Court's devastating decision about voting rights and states working to implement obstructive policies and regulations to make it hard for poor people to vote, this book reminds us of what Black, and some white, people risked for this critical right.
    • 3/5
      Weaving together a blend of historical photographs, articles, excerpts, and fictional storyline, _Revolution_ allows readers access into Greenwood, Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964. I enjoyed this book, but found it to suffer (in spots) from a case of information overload. The pages and pages of historical photos and slogans in multiple fonts and type sizes overwhelmed me, although this may not be an issue for children who grew up with similar visual onslaughts. It is hard to know who the intended audience of _Revolution_ should be. At a hefty 2 lbs, 2 ounces, this book is a little intimidating. Children ages 11-13 would identify with a narrator of roughly the same age (Sunny), although I pictured her as much younger in my head, where she was similar to Harper Lee’s character Scout. Sunny’s level of maturity did not match up with the thoughts and behaviors of the 11-13 year old crowd I have known, and I worry that kids reading the book would have difficulty identifying with her because she acts and thinks like a much younger child. And, while the reading level is not super advanced, I see this as a book for older school-aged students, probably 15 and up. The subtleties of the book (the gradient of shading between Sunny’s chapters and Ray’s chapters, as well as the mix of photography, slogan, and excerpts from speeches) would be lost on a younger audience, one without some level of prior knowledge.
    • 5/5
      ARC provided by NetGalleyIts the summer of 1964 and Greenwood, Mississippi is being invaded! Them northerners are coming down south to help people register to vote and they’re calling it “Freedom Summer.” The adults of the town ain’t happy about it either. Sunny though is just bothered that she has a new stepmother, a new brother, and a new sister all crowding her life! Where can she breathe? And things become even trickier when Sunny is caught sneaking into the local swimming pool! What’s a girl to do with new family, mystery boys, and the invasion all happening in the same year?Author Deborah Wiles has crafted an absolutely beautiful, moving, and eye opening book about what happens when a young white girl and a young black boy’s life collide together in the summer of 1964. While there have been countless stories and books written about this time period, Wiles crafts a story that is part fiction, part history, and part something else altogether to highlight what its like to be in this one place at this one powerful moment in history. Wiles weaves together real life events, some of them quite brutal, to help the reader understand what happened during our past. Even more powerfully though she has created characters that we want to fall in love with and believe that everything will be ok for them, because they seem so real and like people that we know.Wiles also weaves in nonfictional aspects into the book, photos, quotes, excerpts from news articles, song lyrics, and more to create a deep and real story. One that you can reach out and touch and hold in your hands. She also provides an extensive bibliography for readers to refer to. In a time filled with chaos and where similar events are occurring in our world once more, Revolution provides younger audiences with an understanding of what has come before them, what they can do now, and what the future might hold. It is a powerfully written and moving book that should be required reading for all ages. I give it five out of five stars.
    • 5/5
      Revolution is book two of the 1960s trilogy. It is not necessary to have read the first novel, but the first novel is definitely worth your time.If you read Countdown, which is the first book in this trilogy, you’ll only meet one character from that book. Jo Ellen was the older sister to the main character. In this novel, Jo Ellen has joined the Freedom Summer in Greenwood, Mississippi, when people from across the nation went to Mississippi to help register black people to vote. Once again, Ms. Wiles places the reader perfectly in the 1960s, and she/he experiences the decade as the people did. Her structure is unique and it’s this structure and puts you in the 60s. Sunny and her step-brother Gillette decide to sneak into the community pool but get caught when Sunny screams because she touches someone in the dark who is already there. When that someone runs, Sunny and Gillette see that it’s a black boy with high top white sneakers. They don’t tell even though the pool is for whites only. They both become intrigued by this boy and seek him out in their own ways. Sunny gets angry with Gillette for confessing to her father (as the Deputy said they had to) and refuses to speak to him, so she doesn’t know that he’s doing his own investigation into this kid.When the “invaders” from the north arrive, Sunny sees Jo Ellen and thinks she looks just like her mother. She has to get to know her because she was abandoned by her own mother and is resentful of her step-mother. Between seeing Jo Ellen and seeking out the black kid, Raymond, Sunny is a witness to most of what happens in the town as the black citizens try to register to vote. They are denied because the white people don’t want the black people to vote. In fact, they publish the names in the paper of those who tried to register, and the blacks lose their jobs for stepping out of their social boundaries. When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed, the town chooses to close businesses/amenities down instead of allow blacks to enter with whites. Anger and violence ensue.This novel is riveting and will show how much voting really matters; people were abused and even killed for this right that so many take for granted and show such apathy towards. You will not be able to put the novel down.
    • 5/5
      Excellent.