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One Mississippi : A Novel by Mark Childress (2006, Hardcover)
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Struggling with his outsider status after moving to a small Mississippi town at the beginning of his junior year, 1970s teen Daniel Musgrove befriends fellow misfit Tim, with whom he becomes embroiled in a devastating chain of events following a car accident from which the communitys first African-American prom queen awakens believing she is white. 25,000 first printing.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316012114
ISBN-139780316012119
eBay Product ID (ePID)50929104
Product Key Features
Book TitleOne Mississippi : a Novel
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, General
Publication Year2006
GenreFiction
AuthorMark Childress
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight22.3 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-002337
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisWhen Daniel Musgroves family moves to a small Mississippi town at the beginning of his junior year, he faces all the pain and thrills of adolescence, with extra helpings of hormones and humiliation. But then he meets Tim, a fellow outsider, and the two become fast friends. You only need one best friend, Daniel reasons, to make it through high school alive. Together, they negotiate the triumphs and tribulations of junior year: going to the prom in sky blue tuxesit is 1973, after allplaying in an original Baptist musical entitled Christ!, and an unforgettable encounter with their secret heroes, Sonny and Cher. But when the first-ever black prom queen of Minor High School is hit by a car and emerges from her coma believing shes white, Daniel and Tim find themselves caught up in a shocking chain of events that leads to a shattering climax. In the spirit of Richard Russo and Tom Perrotta, Mark Childress is one of our sharpest and most keen-eyed chroniclers of small-town life. ONE MISSISSIPPI is his most ambitious and accomplished novel yet.
LC Classification NumberPS3553.H486O54 2006
