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Moriah's Pond

by Ethel Footman Smothers · 1994

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While she and her older sisters are staying with their great-grandmother, ten-year-old Annie Rye learns about prejudice firsthand when a local white girl causes Annie's sister to be unjustly punished.

Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisgrandparentsgrandparentsMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of thissisterssistersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
GeorgiaGeorgiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 90 pages

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