Book Info
What would you do if…
You lived in 1963 in the Mississippi Delta.
Your beloved uncle was accused of a crime.
Would you risk your life for justice?
Paperback
Yearling
Random House
ISBN: 978-0440422099
Hardcover
Delacorte Press
Random House
ISBN: 978-0-385-73470-7
Audio CD
Listening Library
Random House
ISBN: 978-0-7393-6740-7
Pub. Date : June 10, 2008
BookNotes Available from Random House
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Audio CD
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Cover design by:
Trish Parcell Watts
Jacket photographs:
Girl 2007 by Michael Frost
Cottonfield 2007
by Dusty Davis
NOW A YEARLING PAPERBACK!
CLICK HERE FOR INTERACTIVE READER GUIDE!
New on Shana's Blog
Today marks the paperback release of A Thousand Never Evers (Yearling, 2009)! I’m so excited to report that the Interactive Reader Guide is up and running on my site as well. Please check it out!
Awards and Lists
Teachers' Choices Booklist, IRA
Children's Choices Booklist, IRA-CBC
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee
Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee
NH Great Stone Face Award Nominee
Children’s Crown Award Nominee
2009 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults, YALSA
Amazon Best Books of 2008,
Top 10 Middle Readers
National Parenting Publications Award,
Gold Winner, 2008
Parents' Choice, Silver Honor, 2008
Best Children's Books of 2008, Christian Science Monitor
Cynsational Books of 2008, Cynsations
Reviews
References to significant historical events (Medgar Evers’s assassination, the March on Washington) add authenticity and depth, while Addie’s frank, expertly modulated voice delivers an emotional wallop.
– Publisher's Weekly
Starred Review
A Thousand Never Evers seems destined to become a bright star in the constellation
of lovingly written favorite novels passed around among generations of readers.
– Enicia Fisher
Christian Science Monitor
I give this book my highest recommendation and predict that this will be a front runner for the Newbery Medal.
A Thousand Never Evers is absolutely wonderful. A gripping read with poetry on each page. The descriptions and dialogue are so real, I found myself underlining passages consistently.
Top Choice AwardI loved reading A Thousand Never Evers.... This book will be great for anyone who wants a good pool side read, but also wants a book that will make them think. An awesome book, A Thousand Never Evers is a one that will make a lasting impression on how you think about America's history.
– Flamingnet Reviewer, Age 13
Full of references to actual events, like the Birmingham church bombing and Medger Evers murder, A Thousand Never Evers is impossible to put down…. This is definitely a book that middle school teachers should not miss. Kid-friendly historical fiction can be hard to come by, but this is the best of the best!
Read the first chapter of A THOUSAND NEVER EVERS.
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