Revolution

Ever felt like you were caught in the middle of a huge, world-changing event you couldn't control? Imagine being a twelve-year-old girl in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964, when your whole world, and your town, is turned completely upside down. You'll step into the shoes of Sunny, who is grappling with a new stepmother and the arrival of civil rights volunteers determined to register Black voters. Discover how she navigates the explosive tensions, family secrets, and shifting loyalties that threaten to tear her community apart.

Deborah Wiles is a two-time National Book Award finalist whose groundbreaking documentary novels, including the Sixties Trilogy, uniquely blend first-person narrative with historical scrapbooks of the era. Growing up as an Air Force kid who moved frequently, Wiles learned to see home not as a place, but as family and story. Her personal experience living in the South during the Civil Rights Movement provides the authentic, deeply felt perspective that brings the world of Revolution to life.