Witness (Scholastic Gold)
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4.3 • 57 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse emerses readers in a small Vermont town in 1924 with this haunting and harrowing tale.Leanora Sutter. Esther Hirsh. Merlin Van Tornhout. Johnny Reeves . . .These characters are among the unforgettable cast inhabiting a small Vermont town in 1924. A town that turns against its own when the Ku Klux Klan moves in. No one is safe, especially the two youngest, twelve-year-old Leanora, an African-American girl, and six-year-old Esther, who is Jewish.In this story of a community on the brink of disaster, told through the haunting and impassioned voices of its inhabitants, Newbery Award winner Karen Hesse takes readers into the hearts and minds of those who bear witness.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
PW wrote in our Best Books citation, "Hesse weaves together 11 distinct narrative voices to create a moving account of the Ku Klux Klan's encroachment on a small Vermont town in 1924. Told completely in verse, her quietly powerful novel addresses the inevitable loss of innocence that accompanies the fight for social justice." Ages 9-12.
Customer Reviews
This was one of the worst books I have ever read.
This was one of the worst books I have ever read. There were so many plot holes and there were SO many things that were left unsolved. The ending didn’t explain anything.
Amazing!!
This book/story is amazing! We had to annotate a few poems from this book, and it was so interesting! The book is so in depth, everything has a different meaning. It is like a giant puzzle that is actually fun to figure out!