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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Leslie Rivver'sBlackberries and Creamis the deeply moving story of a special friendship between a wise and loving black woman named Ida Bell and a young white girl named Gracie from a prominent but troubled family.Set in a small town in Alabama in the 1960s, this powerful coming-of-age story for middle-grade children deals honestly and lovingly with issues ranging from the Civil Rights Movement to death, and family dysfunction to our purpose in the world." - Howard Frank Mosher, author of Stranger in the Kingdom
"Brimming with wisdom and mischief, this tender, heartfelt celebration of an abiding friendship between a white girl and her black caregiver in 1960s Alabama reminds us that the love we experience in childhood has the power to sustain us through a lifetime of change." -Irene Latham, author of Leaving Gee's Bend -- Irene Latham
"Leslie Rivver's bildungsroman Blackberries and Cream features the story of 10-year-old Grace Callaway who is hard at work making sense of her world in 1965 Alabama. . . .This story of the bonds between mothers and daughters, blood and otherwise, and of loyalty and friendship is not to be missed. It is as sweet as the blackberries and cream that he characters enjoy and that lends its image to the title." -Darcie Abbene, Vermont Woman magazine -- Darcie Abbene, Vermont Woman magazine
This is an endearing and charming first novel. -Karen Hesse, Newbery Medal and MacArthur Award winner, author of Out of the Dust
