Black and Secret Midnight - Hardcover

Schunk, Laurel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0966187903 ISBN 13: 9780966187908

Publisher: St Kitts Pr, 1998

Synopsis

When twelve-year-old Beth Anne visits relatives in Georgia during the summer of 1951, she is introduced to racism and a murder which she tries to investigate

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Georgia, 1951

It is July 1951, and in Georgia, that means oppressive sticky heat. Twelve-year-old Beth Anne Crane and her family visit her grandmother in Columbus, Georgia. She loves all her kin, but it becomes clear that she doesn't understand the undercurrents of hatred and greed roiling under a surface calm.

As she tries to acclimate to the changes around her, the killing starts. First it's the mentally retarded young black son of her great-aunt Ophelia's former cook. Then Beth Anne's friend Nina disappears. Then it's Auntie who disappears.

Who will be next? Beth Anne herself may be the next one to fall prey to the killer's mania.

About the Author:

Laurel Schunk began writing, secretly, at her grandmother's antique secretary desk at the age of seven. Her first published book was an adult romantic suspense novel, The Voice He Loved, and she has two easy readers in print for second graders. She holds a bachelor's degree in French from the University of Illinois as well as a second major, in psychology, from Wichita State University. She loves books, cats, dogs, and children. She teaches writing and has sold numerous articles and poems. Her special interests include child abuse prevention, issues of race and poverty, music, and arts therapies. She lives in Wichita, Kansas, with her husband John and their youngest child. She has four children, two in-law children, and two granddaughters.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Kitts Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0966187903
• ISBN 13: 9780966187908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 239